Comment on I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐

Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Honestly I think my dog might be. Very particular. Likes routine. Has sensory related triggers. Always finds the dark secluded corner of things get noisy in the house.

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  • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s a normal dog thing

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    • guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s the joke

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• ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Let me go ask my dog if they’re autistic. They’re right over here, screaming about how it’s already 5:31 and I haven’t given them their 5:30 treat yet.

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Of course, it’s a cognitive spectrum that probably effects all mammals at least, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s far more prevalent then that

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  • Today@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Children from international adoptions sometimes have something like an acquired autism - life is completely regulated and food and water and needed items are delivered and removed on schedules and the child has no impact on their environment. I had a couple of greyhounds that were trained to race as pups. They had some AU tendencies. I bet some other pups develop those to.

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• olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s a question that is very hard to answer. Dogs have a similar-ish brain structure but there’s a good chance you need a massive prefrontal cortex to have a chance of getting autism.

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