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"... is important because it allows children to engage in back-and-forth social exchanges"https://t.co/jwWMvVLZ1o https://t.co/IUAxOCA7tO


"None of the autistic children could complete WISC-IV"https://t.co/n0e8byApAv https://t.co/WITBAn6AWa


Echolaliahttps://t.co/6t7jFQbJVX

Palilaliahttps://t.co/Yx3L8Qksyd https://t.co/dbS3vu9zja


"The role of left prefrontal cortex in language and memory"https://t.co/sbXvkOyJUN


Echopraxiahttps://t.co/qA6c4HoGXM

Prosopagnosiahttps://t.co/6JZ3j1p7QY

Without green hair, I don't recognize myself in the mirror. Who are you again?https://t.co/gMcir5ePlu https://t.co/3UrZE2i9gA


Sensory Gatinghttps://t.co/VhQqsZSsR9

"don't automatically absorb many social rules, and are lacking the perspective-taking tools to arrive at them"Good https://t.co/0oyDwyL5sN https://t.co/xIiMKpJx0p


My laundry list of things that Autistic people are often blind or have trouble with keeps growing. https://t.co/xJPsmRPsFM

A site like https://t.co/0RZSCwl6e3 - but instead of focusing on physical difficulties, focuses on social / mental tools? I'd love that.

I can't find science literature on effect. Happens when I'm in hyper-aware flow state then shocked by suprise/stresshttps://t.co/dBpVcLDRZB https://t.co/rAHw9QtWau


It's amplified by depression, which seems to make me more irritable & sensitive to stress. Leads to failure cascade.https://t.co/Sc84LhXeYE

Seeing that silly squirrel do a stampy dance & fidget tail when frustrated reminds me of how I feel during it. https://t.co/Qf3bgrxXtZ

I used to call it a panic attack, but i've had a few of those now, it's different. Beneficial trait gone haywire?https://t.co/Py9wj9IeAZ

I've written about it before here: https://t.co/tqjI83bzSs

And it's a constant spector in my life I have to plan around: https://t.co/avaHK76r7Z

I've narrowed it down to vision area & stress? I wrote about experience here in response to 'VR autism simulator'https://t.co/Ks81fbhJ7x

This seems to be one of the most under-studied aspects of autism, but the one feature that hits me the hardest.https://t.co/eEUCqHZdTC

Seems that this is overlooked in research b/c it's framed as a behavioral / training problem, not biology. and yet :https://t.co/XxLuGW8Ok7

I also see it in how we treat dogs: https://t.co/5Dcv7fnfC8Upsetting how we only off the pavlovian "training" lense when looking at nature.

"I wish I could get an alert of the stress climbing before I have a meltdown, but I can’t"https://t.co/5kkcX7Dey9 https://t.co/RdQAcwN4oO


hypernychthemeral / free-running sleep disorder?https://t.co/enIyVccdQkhttps://t.co/HydHI6a68y

I end up getting the "right" ammount of sleep, but it shifts thru the day: https://t.co/1cwCibItRZ

Dishabituation and the Acoustic Startle Response.Wincing in pain at the growl of thunder.https://t.co/QszAcQei0z

Dyspraxiahttps://t.co/90TB5RrJwh

"Sensory issues […] areas of autism that really needs to be researched. I'd put it on the top of my research agenda"https://t.co/fxs1JXvIj4

Meltdowns assoc w/ sensory issues are why I went for ASD diagnosis.Debilitating to point that I rarely leave house.https://t.co/tnf6Itkwmw

Saddened to hear even @DrTempleGrandin thinks that aspect is under-researched. But comforting to know I'm not alone.https://t.co/IytU6djfgB

Since my breakup 2.35 years ago, I've spent every idle moment looking for ASD research. Started a OneNote for it the day I moved out... https://t.co/3bTYAQvEfM


Thanks to my time on twitter I've improved leaps & bounds in both my confidence, and my outlook. Made friends even.https://t.co/dFQYZiatc3

Every tweet in this 147 long "meditative tweetstorm" I've been building since May is from my quest to get better:https://t.co/ssXwGzIX2c

So I have to get a lawyer and go through an appeal process to some how prove that I am depressed & non-functional. https://t.co/w9RrEL0eCE

I want to give up so bad. I have to remind myself every day that I'm making progress, that I'm helping people.https://t.co/BJ3UyS5UsU

Thank you for giving me a reason to live when I can't find it. You help me find strength that I can't find myself. 🙏https://t.co/LweuIzjawd

All I want is a means to fix the things that bother us. To be removed from the guilt of working toward these goals.https://t.co/zgL8dItSOb

misophonia, while not nesissarily symptomatic of autism, seems hightened in someone with sensory processing issues.https://t.co/nhQ3qcR5pC

Alexithymia"Patients with conditions like autism, eating disorders, and even diabetes [...] have higher instances" https://t.co/0OP0XWXdbA https://t.co/M4c3GdxT3U


Main way I've improved in dealing w/ autism is recognizing when a sensory processing issue is external or internal. https://t.co/IytU6djfgB

I'd bet money that mediation improves grey matter and signal strength in the insula... hmm.https://t.co/0OP0XWXdbA https://t.co/KB3qqzC37J


"Technology to Improve Soc. Skills of kids on autism spectrum"https://t.co/Q9KbNIZaVN

"be regarded as a syndrome, a constellation of phenotypes, sets of which tend to be found together relatively often"https://t.co/Jf2DQ3XnVB https://t.co/zdOBZnA4HL


Another study on sleep rhythms and stress, linking HPA issues with abnormal cortisol.https://t.co/DyrWUqV48h

Fits model: disgust pathways different in autistic - can't reciprocate negative mood in others b/c we can't see it?https://t.co/Tv1f072wGp https://t.co/MXhrWnMTgE


Walking gait oddities; a result of muscle and tendon development differences + motor control in autism?https://t.co/blIaq6NySO

Oddities in social yawning.https://t.co/sLJazCiA4H https://t.co/kuUYVk7BfJ


Study from 2014 ~"only been demonstrated in humans & chimps." https://t.co/xkM7UxqKcf2008 Study show it in dogs. https://t.co/6pzfeKpW9J https://t.co/MCl4QqjcPC


"but that's a trained behavior that we teach them" you say?Also found it spontaneously between puppies in 2012https://t.co/Ajnq88bkug

Can we use #quantifiedself techniques to measure yawning in dogs (and people?) to measure anxiety? 🤔😃https://t.co/qNQN0cAEUn

"a resting heart rate twice the level of non-autistic peers, while outwardly appearing calm and relaxed" #thisisfinehttps://t.co/b3wefR3DVA

Hyperthymesia?The only way I remember things is by putting stuff in a space.I can't even remember how old I am.https://t.co/oLmBQmjIt3 https://t.co/8k3PqPWqSn


What if variations in food due to early foraging timings meant star signs were a good approximation for personality?https://t.co/pvJLa2tFV0

Dog butt theory of autism https://t.co/VTYkIQkdlE


Autism risk due to diabetes? why? https://t.co/65vASpNEjg


well...https://t.co/gA0Mhl0Av2https://t.co/qVZqjiXzKChttps://t.co/KgRtn8zirr

PCOS -> autism risk in childrenPCOS -> serotonin action affecting gut microbiome -> autism risk in childrenhttps://t.co/W1BKUVXoiM

Avoiding destructive social contagion - both of memetic and viral kind - might be trait that populations select for? https://t.co/H6Yw5kNVuO

Sleep variation in humans is locked in?https://t.co/GjDW96IDm9 https://t.co/79MwUuO7eI


This is why I can't sit at mcdonalds in ear-shot of the kitchen.I literally can't tune out the sounds.https://t.co/yEoknvpB6R (h/t @sbaroncohen ) https://t.co/RPPDtdMUkK


tick tick tick tick tick tick tickhttps://t.co/R2uEcLRNKH

I think it's less imitation & more a form of meditation - inward focusing behavior. Proprioception is weird.https://t.co/sOdkQgAdmg

"Here, we demonstrate a direct interaction between sex hormones and early life microbial exposures on the control of autoimmunity in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model of type 1 diabetes (T1D)."https://t.co/4jw9Cr30ep

"a human gut microbe with a high potential to convert glucocorticoids into androgens"https://t.co/eJHI1lnVqy"Interactions between Mucosal Immunity and the Gut Microbiome during Clostridium difficile Infection"https://t.co/eFhHE7HvJj

Microbiome -> Testosterone / Gender -> Immune system Response -> Risk of autism?https://t.co/Zrcqt0OhEU

s/causes of autism/causes of immune disregulation/ilgxhttps://t.co/KGD69dkViT

Whoa, @sbaroncohen has already made the PCOS link I did on my own?https://t.co/EVjSHKBRov https://t.co/326idPuIKE


I still think that male-brained thing is a red-herring. The testosterone aspect is only one thing that cause immune system variation and resulting brain structure changes AFACIT.https://t.co/ve5oil8Brq https://t.co/r3tIUbS05b


I've had a suspicion of an epigenetic system for human brain wiring (a feature of humans being a swarm of informavores) for a while. The thing that puts the bow on it is resource density / food and prenatal immune systems.https://t.co/6yUlUwDbLE

Dancing with elephants - trying to find the words to describe what i'm seeing.https://t.co/nIMA5M5HQU

and so now I've come full circle to these ideashttps://t.co/FaqFXaPHYC

https://t.co/pswH3D42Kthttps://t.co/lRqvKgq5hI

Curiosity, Obsession, Sensitivity to Details, relatively immune to the pull of the group, propensity for depression & avoidance? Rates rise when the group has immune system issues do to poor food quality and parasites?https://t.co/fdwpd9IGQl


PCOS -> Higher rates of IBS?https://t.co/wn3DW54IZfAutism -> Higher rates of IBS?https://t.co/sJYejxkpgW

Maybe the link I'm seeing is all in the serotonin regulation effects.https://t.co/0NMTAyuW2e https://t.co/oMuvv361Kr


I'm literally choosing between heating oil and a dna test right now. 😭https://t.co/CCWcAlchld

Sometimes I find things that are mostly just anecdotes, then I spend hours tracking down sources for the quips.https://t.co/RClLzKsVNm https://t.co/bKXz9gH4G4


hashimoto's / thyroid is linked to serotonin https://t.co/wjlAi4Spv4And possibly microbiome https://t.co/B9O9Lk3MXgCan be triggered by pregnancy...

PCOS is a risk factor for gestational diabeteshttps://t.co/Q4rBNRAC3NAnd possibly microbiome https://t.co/deJ1FEQSwqCan be triggered by pregnancy...

In healthy adult female... this feedback doesn't bottom out.But without enough nutrients / overactive immune system?https://t.co/wdOqGIrJFd https://t.co/Kf7chCorCP


Also gallstones are linked to microbiome dysbiosis effects https://t.co/4DbA2LB9hd

Can't find gallstones in Genome Wide Association Studies in much same way they have trouble pinpointing autism.https://t.co/B4os0Ohn2R https://t.co/XA2K8mno8Z


What is our immune system even for except to help us maintain our microbiome's homeostasis while defending invaders?https://t.co/BfT7svz4Bz

Humans tho...https://t.co/BLYWMaGZW5https://t.co/7ArxtYWzBC

"Wherein Dr. Corrie Moreau shows us how she dissects ants to learn about their gut microbiomes for her research!"https://t.co/jePWfdsf03

All these things are related thru a complex feedback between the immune system, the microbiome, and the vagal nerve.https://t.co/gGc9Dp5lTqhttps://t.co/alZEA6UEwv

Even the CO2 mediation is due to a vagal nerve + amygdala feedback loop. Blood PH is largely due to balencing CO2 -> Bohr effect.https://t.co/cba26D6poV

Look up Photophobia as an autism symptom.find a family study on autism; includes thyroid issues and autoimmune problems. https://t.co/Fb0utsgMDm

Odd connection. Gallstones mentioned earlier in this thread: pregnancy induced cholesterol processing dysfunction via microbial dysbiosis via thyroid overuse.Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome —a cholesterol processing mutation— leads to autism symptoms.https://t.co/gw8C0g8xZp

What if the reason for cholesterol studies getting mixed results its because they haven't taken into account microbiome and genetic variations?https://t.co/gn0M3w8WyS https://t.co/MGtJx8DM3u


Red wine helps fight Alzheimer'sbecause red wine contains nitrites,which when combined red wine's boost to stomach acid, https://t.co/MRBfSoRYOmand resveratol https://t.co/mZ9md1ha9shelps kill H. Pylori.H. Pylori is triggering Alzheimer'shttps://t.co/GpRFeBk9TC

EVERY FUCKING THING I'VE READ FOR FOLK CURES FOR ALZHIMERS AND AUTISM SYMPTOMS INDIRECTLY KILL H PYLORI.EVERY FUCKING THING I'VE READ FOR FOLK CURES FOR ALZHIMERS AND AUTISM SYMPTOMS INDIRECTLY KILL H PYLORI.EVERY FUCKING THING I'VE READ FOR FOLK CURES FOR ALZHIMERS AND AUTISM

Guess what we use to kill H. pylori normally? antibiotics that destroy the rest of the gut... giving it a chance to grow back unabated unless you do a fecal transplant. Oh yeahhttps://t.co/yoqg85wSHl

Now i'm not saying that a popular weed killer that targets shikimate pathways has anything to do with this, but it's funny how it matches up with H. Pylori infection rates.https://t.co/s2U6niKs7q https://t.co/4m9adxrfDj


Even bullshit weight loss elixirs being hocked on youtube are actually just killing H Pylori. What do you think apple cider vinegar (lowers PH to weaken H Pylori), lemon juice (sulfites kill H Pylori), cranberry (retards h pylori regrowth) do? https://t.co/LNwKSivK5R

This study on H. Pylori being killed by acidic conditions and nitrites is from 1998...https://t.co/cGa1o0JJhl