r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 08 '25

Neuroscience Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism.

https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20250207_1/index.html
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u/Sata1991 Feb 09 '25

I'm getting really sick of them trying to push a cure on us. Sure bright lights and loud noises physically hurt me, but my autism is part of who I am.

I'm queer myself so I don't say this to try to minimise LGBTQ people's rights, but it reminds me a lot of the whole conversion therapy. My mom'd often say to me "I wish you were normal and didn't have autism" without thinking about how I feel.

They like to use people with higher needs as a reason why we need a cure, but without consulting those autistic people in question.

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u/Quinlov Feb 09 '25

There's a difference between forcing someone to have a treatment vs offering it to someone for them to decide if they want it or not

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u/TheLastBallad Feb 09 '25

Honey, there are doctors still doing the husband stitch on women without their knowledge, intersex cosmetic genital surgeries are still done as standard despite not having any medical benefits and long documentation of being detrimental in the long run, and forces sterilizations still happen.

The fact is, there are people who absolutely would force this. For instance, every single one of the "I would rather my child be dead than autistic" """"parents"""". Or, you know, everyone at Autism Speaks.

There are people who view us as burdens who ought to be fixed(or as being possessed by demons) and if you think they wouldn't use a neonatal procedure to ensure no child is autistic... then you are in denial.

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u/Quinlov Feb 09 '25

Idk I'd much rather not have ADHD than have ADHD but here we are. Same goes for my epilepsy. Idk what it is with autism and making the individual believe they are superior for having it

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u/Sata1991 Feb 09 '25

I'm not superior in anyway for having it. Average intelligence, small friend group, about average at most things; I just don't want my personality and what makes me, me erased.

You have as much right to want your issues cured as I do, not to.