<story><title>First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy in second trial</title><url>https://news.rpi.edu/content/2018/06/19/success-blood-test-autism-affirmed</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hhh</author><text>This is quite interesting. Being on the spectrum myself, and many of my friends being so as well, it is very important how different everyone on the spectrum truly is. For high functioning people like myself I see Autism more akin to a mental super-power that can be crippled by small things. The difference in thinking is magnificent, and it aids in my success in most things that I do, but is an absolute disaster when it comes to socializing with people near me. In a town of 300 people, there aren&amp;#x27;t really any tech nerds or otherwise. Which makes socializing awkward since technology and game are a massive portion of my life. Even to just go to the doctor the interaction is anxiety inducing that my heart rate can raise by a good amount. (I&amp;#x27;ve seen 133 on a bad day, when normally I hang out around 100.) Having to rely on analysis of people and memory of what people think is acceptable is absolutely exhausting.&lt;p&gt;Having a clear test for autism is wonderful, but the spectrum is of infinite width and infinite height.</text></comment>
<story><title>First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy in second trial</title><url>https://news.rpi.edu/content/2018/06/19/success-blood-test-autism-affirmed</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bcatanzaro</author><text>If this test becomes widespread, I&amp;#x27;d love to take it. I bet many of us in the tech industry have some sort of autism markers. It is a spectrum, after all.</text></comment>