Perhaps I’m wrong, perhaps I am a “rare” autistic person who has kids. Or, stay with me, perhaps autism is not as “rare” as early research would have us believe. Perhaps neurodivergence is more prevalent than neurotypicals *want* us to believe.
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This would explain why from an evolutionary perspective, the Neandertal genetic component linked to autism has not been completely pushed out of the human genome, but retained, as discussed in the article. Perhaps, the reason being, there are many autistic traits which are GOOD for human evolution.
Maybe the problem isn’t neurodivergence, but instead the problem is a society which has placed such a high moral value on sameness. Perhaps instead of shoving the more than 78,000 modern human genes in a tiny box and calling it “normal,” we as a society must admit it cannot and should not even try.
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