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What is Autism exactly?

Looby Lou

Sorry to ask a dumb question - but I am none the wiser having read about it on the site - is it an actual physical thing to do with the braiin (a lady who is supporting me and my husband mentioned the hippocampus part of the brain is not so developed in people with autism).  

Its just I am unsure whether the condition is actually real for people like myself - maybe I am just an introvert, and mnay of the things mentioned in the obok I'm reading (Apsergirls) can be applied to a lot of women.

The term "neurodiverse" is used (as opposed to "neurotypical") - but what does this mean exactly?  Is it a neurological disease?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Apologies for contributing to the thread drift, but I'd like to respond to TreacleSandwich's posts.

    I'm a software developer and am almost certainly somewhere on the spectrum. I spent 10 years working for an organisation where even quite junior developers were expected to manage other staff, which I found very difficult. In the end I moved to another organisation where it was accepted that some staff were good at being hardcore techies, while others were naturally good at managing people.

    My strategy now is to keep my technical skills up to date and seek out employers who need people with strong technical skills, and understand that not everybody is cut out to manage other staff.

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  • Apologies for contributing to the thread drift, but I'd like to respond to TreacleSandwich's posts.

    I'm a software developer and am almost certainly somewhere on the spectrum. I spent 10 years working for an organisation where even quite junior developers were expected to manage other staff, which I found very difficult. In the end I moved to another organisation where it was accepted that some staff were good at being hardcore techies, while others were naturally good at managing people.

    My strategy now is to keep my technical skills up to date and seek out employers who need people with strong technical skills, and understand that not everybody is cut out to manage other staff.

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