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This may depend on the person entirely. Some people might have autism, HPPD, visual eye syndrome and musical ear syndrome all at once, while mental retardation is based on many obscure factors.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoNo. These are entirely different conditions. Some autistics have problems with speech and body movements, which used to lead people to believe they were also mentally challenged. But in fact, the symptoms of autism are produced by an overgrowth of brain cells in the prefrontal cortex. It is unknown what causes the brain cells to overgrow, but research has learned there is a genetic component.
Because of the brain cell overgrowth, most autistics are probably capable of exceptional intelligence, but not all of them get the chance to develop it because they are limited by the fact that many around them are ignorant about autism and fail to give them the chance to achieve their potential.
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∙ 11y agoNo. It's delayed development. It causes social problems not intelligence problems.
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∙ 7y agoNo they are different conditions.
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