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fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I mean, I think the count of neurodiverse people on lemmy is likely very high (for various reasons). And since it’s highly genetically correlated, likely also the grandparents.

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SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Also if we could diagnose the entire world we would find many people who would fall on the high-functioning side of the spectrum. Many people just go undiagnosed for their entire lives. I bet autism is way more common than the science tells us today.

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- fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Certainly, and as I (suspect) to have AuDHD (ADHD diagnosed).
  
  This combination is really difficult to see/diagnose, as these conditions somewhat cancel each other out. It took me a very hyperfocused deep-dive into all kinds of papers, to slowly come to that conclusion, that ADHD doesn’t explain my behavior alone. AFAIK this is in some regard an active research-area (how correlated are these conditions, are they even the same underlying condition?).
  
  (I think) few psychiatrists really have a deep insight into that (and thus are accurately diagnosing these).
  
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- meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Absolutely. Anecdotally, both my husband and I received our diagnosis after we had our son evaluated.
  
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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What are the reasons for all us neurodivergent people coming on here?

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- fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I would say foremost: strong opinions and idealism (very much correlated to ASD and ADHD) E.g. about the fucked up state of centralized social media controlled by right-wing billionaires.
  
  Always when I talk to other people I don’t suspect to be neurodivergent, they just don’t really care about it, convenience is the driving factor.
  
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  - dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Interesting. As someone diagnosed with ADHD it tracks.
    
    I wonder if this is how ended up this way. I grew up with my two brothers and about 10-12 really close mates. But none of them share my views and just subscribe to the culture war bs and I often wondered what made me this way as to me I always did have empathy and anti establishment views.
    
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