Vulnerable neurons linked to social dysfunction in autistic mice
www.riken.jp
RIKEN researchers have shown in a mouse model of autism that specific oxytocin-secreting neurons in the brain are disproportionately disrupted and that neurostimulation can restore social behaviors.

Initially I was all but I don’t want to be social. Then I was oh that’s what their talking about. I feel I am social enough though. And all science should be repeated for vapidity.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•14 days ago

    Haven’t you heard about the human autism detectors? Those people who say: “Oh, but you don’t look autistic!”

    /s

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      0•13 days ago

      Rant incoming

      I wish I didn’t seem Autistic. You don’t need to bring r/Autism here.

      I feel like a bunch of people on Reddit aren’t really Autistic. They just think it is cool to be Autistic and they like to think they are better than the rest of humanity. Chances are they have other related things like ADHD. I hate to go around telling people they aren’t Autistic but it is really not cool to idolize Autism. People on Reddit go around saying things like “ableism” when a lot of us struggle to mask effectively. Maybe you are Autistic but if people can’t tell you are in a much better position than some. Autistic people need to work way harder to succeed in life. We should celebrate success in fitting in to society as long as it doesn’t mean a broken work life balance.

      • sp3ctr4lEnglish
        7•13 days ago

        Hey I mean, I am 99% on the side of ‘/s is way, way too overused’, but, much like with cursing or other kinds of emphasis and tone indicative formatting, there are cases where it makes sense to use, and be used sparingly.

        We’re in an autism community.

        This is the most likely place you’re going to get people interpreting possibly sarcastic statements literally, with no verbal intonation to go off of.

        With the statement you are criticizing for using the /s mark… that could very easily just be interpreted by people, especially autistic people, as completely serious, unironic, and not sarcastic…

        …because many people, again, especially autistic people, have heard people say basically exactly that statement entirely seriously and honestly.

        EDIT: Ironically, you being crude and dismissive while tone policing is arguably even more ‘reddit bullshit’ than using /s in an autism community, which almost certainly has more interaction from autistic people, who are well known to take things completely literally more often than others.

          • sp3ctr4lEnglish
            5•13 days ago

            =D

            EDIT: wow, ok.

            HawtTism appears to be a common troll.

            Account created about 2 months ago, basically every single comment they’ve made recently is massively downvoted or has been deleted by a moderator… or both.

            Thank god lemmy has a block feature.