r/science • u/mvea 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/TheStorMan Jan 30 '25

So is it simply that if someone does worse at copying the dancing, they will be marked as Autism or Adhd?

I'm curious because I have both but I am a dancer - however I have to work harder than my colleagues to pick up a dance if it's in a short space of time.

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u/cleanthequeen Jan 30 '25

Same here. Tap is especially hard for me to pick up.