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*Often as a child, repeating words or expressions vocally just after someone pronounced them, this is called echolalia | *Often as a child, repeating words or expressions vocally just after someone pronounced them, this is called echolalia | ||
*Trouble or inability to understand body language | *Trouble or inability to understand body language | ||
*Seeing the world in a black and white manner | *Seeing the world in a black and white manner, with very few nuances | ||
*A tendency to be clinically depressed<ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-018-0402-1 Prevalence of Depressive Disorders in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Meta-Analysis] | |||
</ref><ref>[https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/the-deep-emotional-ties-between-depression-and-autism/ The deep emotional ties between depression and autism]</ref> | |||
*Word retrieval impairment<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30758144/ Frontal lobe dysfunction underlies the differential word retrieval impairment in adolescents with high-functioning autism]</ref> | |||
== Treatments == | == Treatments == | ||
The is currently no treatments for autism. However, in 2019 a gene-editing tool has cured autism among adolescent mice.<ref>[https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/crispr-therapy-may-reverse-autism-mutations-effects-well-past-infancy/ CRISPR therapy may reverse autism mutation’s effects well past infancy]</ref> | The is currently no treatments for autism. However, in 2019 a gene-editing tool has cured autism among adolescent mice.<ref>[https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/crispr-therapy-may-reverse-autism-mutations-effects-well-past-infancy/ CRISPR therapy may reverse autism mutation’s effects well past infancy]</ref> | ||
==Free lesson for Aspies== | ==Free lesson for Aspies== | ||
{{See also|[[Attraction ambiguity problem]]}}<big><b><center>A guide to female cues for our wonderful, irreplaceable brethren with Aspergers...</center></b></big><br> | {{See also|[[Attraction ambiguity problem]]}}<big><b><center>A guide to female cues for our wonderful, irreplaceable brethren with Aspergers...</center></b></big><br> | ||