@actuallyautistic i'm trying to do some research into the basic neurology of neurodiversity and... idk, a combination of not really knowing how to research, not finding more than very biased and very flawed studies (because of course) and just not really knowing what i'm looking for...
i'm just curious whether anyone has any leads or cool resources? most of my knowledge about autism is about behavior and experiences, and as far as i know you can't currently look at someone's brain and be like "ah, yes, there you can see the autism."
i've had this hypothesis i guess that autism and allism aren't as cut and dry as they are sometimes discussed, but the information backing that hypothesis is all experiential, anecdotal, and philosophical. so i'm curious to see some actual data, and i can't find it.
@arcana@actuallyautistic
Just fyi, MIT has ocw in neuroscience etc, I would recommend doing the course beforehand…Just because once you realize how things function normally you can kind of see how you specifically are different, keep in mind, no pun intended, there’s many, many, differences between all of us, neurologically.
I would definitely find a neurologist? you can work with you to go over findings at uni, there are sooooo many cognitive biases
, and you should know which journals to trust, sampling sens and specificity. I’ve been reading about it for awhile, also behavior bio ocw, at Standford by Robert sapolsky.
In the end, you may find a better understanding of how you work, but there’s many rabbit holes and cross directional tripwires in this adventure, including many who don’t wish to be pathologized.
Cheers I hope this helps
I think that understanding that not all scientists are necessarily particularly “smart” helps. Different people are interested in different things, but some are more or less able to engage in high level thinking about it. Some scientists have a very narrow approach that is very prescriptive & which limits their ability to consider alternatives.
I wouldn’t say anyone isn’t smart or not smart, I wouldn’t say that’s as relevant as other things.
It’s a collective of sorts.
Plus if you move around in too many fields you will find words and definitions completely change. It’s not like it’s highly encouraged to those working now. But I can see that happening perhaps?
We are just works in progress of other works in progress.Who are products of other works in progress. > shrugs
Just my take.
@EVDHmn@arcana@actuallyautistic
Hence my use of “. It’s a highly subjective & ill defined word. But what I mean is that some people outside of the scientific community assume that everyone in it is a genius. There are ordinary scientists just as there are people working at average levels in all other fields.
@arcana@actuallyautistic look at the details. for each detail presented, each simple small characteristic, essential trait, element of the human spirit,, consider it's instances in our world. take it and look at each person you know, and see whether they have such a characteristic or not. start with the simplest ones
once you do this with enough characteristics, you will get a fairly clear image of what people are like. of course, the learning never ends
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