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Corp900
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13 Nov 2010, 10:48 am

Nts have neuro plasticity, but how about autistics?



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13 Nov 2010, 11:15 am

I suggest watching Episode 10 of Autism Talk TV
http://www.wrongplanet.net/article395.html



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13 Nov 2010, 11:18 am

Corp900 wrote:
Nts have neuro plasticity, but how about autistics?


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So yes. yay! We are just like humans! :roll:


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13 Nov 2010, 3:03 pm

Of course we do. If we didn't we'd never progress out of infancy.


The specific phenomenon I believe you're referring to James Robison devotes most of a chapter to in 'Look Me in the Eye'.


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13 Nov 2010, 9:46 pm

Of course!! ! We are able to you know... learning. :wink:


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13 Nov 2010, 11:58 pm

Yeah...smoke some weed, than your brain will shrink 10% to the size of an NT brain, and you will be NT. :lol:

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