@ScruffyDux@actuallyautistic On quick google of the world and a brief look at the condition, I think of EDs, which is common among autistic people.
Wish I could get my EDS diagnosed if I got it too, it can be painful and make me very flexible. The plasticity of neurons maybe affected by the looseness of the ligaments between cells and other random thoughts that I cant prove worth a darn, all theoretical possibly debunkable, but is what I thought about with your word and question and context.
@GreenRoc@actuallyautistic You're thinking along the same track as me, about some kind of relationship to EDS.
In my case is inverted though. I thought I might have had EDS for some time before I knew I was autistic, and had some assessment done that indicated I was hypermobile. However in my case I don't have any symptoms of EDS other than those that could be fully explained by hypotonia.
It's a very interesting thought that abberant plasticity may be involved. I'm going to think on that.
@ScruffyDux@actuallyautistic I don't have any answers but I will say that, from trying to look into similar things in the past, it seems the cause-effect relationship of anything non-neurological associated with autism is muddied, because people still don't know any solid causes for autism (except that in many cases it's clearly genetic, but, which genes).
Tl;dr hypotonia might not even be caused by autism, it might even sometimes be part of a cause for autism, or both might even share causes.
@TheCoolest@actuallyautistic I've gotten as far as learning that hypotonia is neurological, not muscular, and in the majority of congenital cases is an issue originating in the CNS rather than the peripheral nervous system.
Given it's found so frequently in people with a CNS developmental disability, the case it's pretty strong for a relationship.
I'm just trying to find more of the details on that relationship so I can lessen its debilitating effects.
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