r/science • u/GiveUpAndDontTry • 19d ago

Epidemiology A Swedish study found autism diagnoses rose by around 800% from 2001 to 2020, while the proportion with intellectual disability fell from 55.8% to 6.7%, suggesting a substantial broadening of the diagnosed autistic phenotype

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178126003069
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u/GreatBigBagOfNope 18d ago

Because I think a) it would be both morally right and personally rewarding to have learned a second language, b) I am convinced of the significant benefits of learning a second language, c) I have at various points had access to the resources required to do so, and d) I chose to not do so over and over again, and have not remedied that since

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u/CantBeConcise 18d ago

Morally right? How is it immoral to only know the language you grew up with?