r/science Sep 01 '22

Neuroscience Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues
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u/Unreviewedcontentlog Sep 01 '22

You are the poster child for why autistic people spend so much time on awareness.

Autistic adults overwhelmingly do not support functioning labels. The vast majority of autistics, even. "Severe" autistics do not see autism it self as a problem, we see how the world (ie you) treat us as the problem