Talk:Autism (Porvenir)/@comment-6527064-20190511003714/@comment-6527064-20190512000420

What I truly disagree with is this: "The 21st Century was not however without its positives for the autistic however. In 2034, five years after the human brain was fully reverse-engineered by American neuroscientists, it became possible for a low-functioning autistic person to have their brain repaired via surgery after said procedure was successfully performed on an adult man. Many low-functioning autistic people underwent the surgery, and were then able to lead productive lives. Notably, those formerly low-functioning autistic individuals were left with high-functioning autism. This began to sway popular opinion that those with high-functioning autism could enjoy normality." Idk, man, it doesn't feel right. I mean maybe if I had LFA instead of HFA/Aspergers I would agree more but eh, the problem with this is that if we could "cure" LFA then we could "cure" HFA too and thus this would never happen. Also, evolution doesn't work in the way you describe, we're not 100% sure what causes Autism but I'd bet if it was entirely genetic (probably has some sort of genetic basis, but very small) we would see more autistic people. But if it was genetic, this would make it a mutation and if it was truly the "next-step in human evolution" the process would be slower than it is now, and definitely, definitely  not this fast: "By 2040 however, 50% of people had been officially diagnosed with autism." Just my 2c