r/science Professor | Medicine Jan 30 '25

Neuroscience A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap.

https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/autism-motion-detection-diagnosis/
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u/Ekyou Jan 30 '25

I have ADHD and get along well with others with ADHD, but with autistic people, it’s a mixed bag. I have noticed I’m significantly better at reading autistic people than NT people are. Like I had a boss with AuDHD, and everyone thought he was angry all the time and that he was being serious when he was joking. I was surprised to hear that, because I had no problem reading him at all. But I don’t have issues reading NT people for the most part either… maybe I should be an interpreter.