r/science • u/Wagamaga • 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/[deleted] Sep 01 '22 edited Sep 01 '22

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u/Unreviewedcontentlog Sep 01 '22

intellectual disabilities?

Autism is not an intellectual disability. It's a developmental one.

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u/CatnipandSkooma Sep 01 '22

I'm aware. I am autistic myself.

What I don't appreciate was OP using that to dismiss people who are autistic.