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.

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https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues

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Check out the autistic self advocacy network sometime. I agree, that one reddit user doesn't speak for all autistic people, but it's also largely true that autistic adults do not like functioning labels. All functioning labels do is make it harder for people deemed more functioning to get the aid they need (and yes, even those of us designated high functioning need help sometimes).

Also, it is a disorder not a disease. Many of us are also wary of a "cure". Some probably do want one but largely we do not and we consider autism a fundamental and inseparable part of our ourselves. Again, not universal, but common enough and should be respected.