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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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  • I'll try to clarify:

    I was suggesting that AS minds and NT minds are like computers running different operating systems...the specialist, quirky Linux and the everyday Windows...either works fine in isolation, doing its own thing, but problems arise when they have to interact or otherwise share "space"...a Network Engineer would no doubt patch in "handshaking" software to better facilitate communication...

     

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  • I'll try to clarify:

    I was suggesting that AS minds and NT minds are like computers running different operating systems...the specialist, quirky Linux and the everyday Windows...either works fine in isolation, doing its own thing, but problems arise when they have to interact or otherwise share "space"...a Network Engineer would no doubt patch in "handshaking" software to better facilitate communication...

     

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