autism101 ,
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Autistic folk often have a lot of other stuff they are dealing with. You can think of it as “Autism and…” because that is the reality for most of us.

Here is a list of “some” of the more common ones.

@actuallyautistic

A mind map illustration of autism and its many related conditions. The words "Autism and..." are at the center. * Deafness * Selective Mutism * Dsygraphia * Dyslexia * Aphantasia / SDAM * DCD * SIB * Depression * Intellectual Disability * Sensory Issues * Tinnitus * ADHD * Anxiety * Sleep Disorders * OCD * Epilepsy * GI Issues * Hypermobility / Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome * Tourette Syndrome * Nonverbal Learning * Immune Disorders
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    • hanscees ,
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    @autism101 @actuallyautistic what are GI issues?

    bananamangodog ,
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    @hanscees @autism101 @actuallyautistic GI = Gastrointestinal.

    Gut issues, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, etc.

    hanscees ,
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    @bananamangodog @autism101 @actuallyautistic well can confirm here about the GI issues

    GarryTheThird ,

    @autism101 @actuallyautistic How Immune Disorders works with autism, autism effects the neurons not the immune system, what I am missing, can you explain to me?

    pa ,
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    @GarryTheThird @autism101 @actuallyautistic Autistics deal with it, there's no causality established to-from the other...
    I for one, have to deal with multiple in the graph, including autoimmune. Until someone smarter explains why... it just is.

    GarryTheThird ,

    @pa @autism101 @actuallyautistic 👍

    neonmate ,
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    @pa @GarryTheThird @autism101 @actuallyautistic
    There are studies showing a possible link between autoimmune diseases and trauma, and unfortunately autistic persons are more likely to experience trauma. But that's just a theory, there may of course also be unknown genetic connections.

    bananamangodog ,
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    @neonmate @pa @GarryTheThird @autism101 @actuallyautistic Also linked to MECFS and Post COVID syndrome.

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.08.23291154v1.full

    Zumbador ,
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    @GarryTheThird @autism101 @actuallyautistic

    There are strong correlations between being autistic and having an auto immune disease

    You can read about it here
    https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-and-health-issues?rq=Auto

    GarryTheThird ,

    @Zumbador @autism101 @actuallyautistic Thanks

    tanguyraton ,

    @autism101 @actuallyautistic lol so much to say about that. I think i developed Gourette recently, but it has nothing to do with autism and everything to do with mobbing, rumoring, madness management dispositives, un brief modern social life

    mrblissett ,
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    @autism101
    @actuallyautistic

    And the dread of what could be missing from this list.

    mrblissett ,
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    @autism101
    @actuallyautistic

    These new terms are triggering my nosophobia:

    > Having an illness anxiety disorder causes you to hyperfocus on an uncomfortable or unusual feeling in your body.

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