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by dayvid 263 days ago
I mean a lot of people Autistic and non-autistic exhibit that behavior. There should be some genetic or biological component to autism, otherwise we're just labelling boutique awkward behavior as Autism
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Agreed. I believe both autism and ADHD are labelled as syndromes, which is basically a circle drawn around a collection of symptoms, as the biological basis is not currently known. This research could be a step towards changing it.
A biological basis for autism is starting to be understood, which can be extremely summarized as neuron pruning dysfunction/regulation issues.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9671112/