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/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science Jan 30 '25

Ears: I just don't put in my hearing aids..

..then it helps to really understand and internalise that you're not a bad person..

You don't know me ;). Being serious, though, I gave up worrying about that a very long time ago. Without any diagnosis I just assumed I was different from them. My social circle is very small, and that's OK by me.

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u/ZoeBlade Jan 30 '25

Fair enough.

On an interesting side note, this is very anecdotal, but my mother's family is also from Wales, as is my partner's, which makes me kinda idly wonder if there's a larger proportion of autistic people in Wales...

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u/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science Jan 30 '25

..or other places with more sheep than humans.

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u/ZoeBlade Jan 30 '25

They're certainly easier to talk to!