Autism is a sensory processing disorder in which symptoms are triggered by your brain receiving too much stimulus.
That’s why autistic people like to do repetitive behaviors (it’s easy to predict the outcome), don’t like change, and so on. It’s why autistic people tend to be highly sensitive to certain senses (loud noises, bright lights, touch). And it’s why they struggle in social situations-there is too much complexity to process it and decide what to do.
The research about too large brain size and too many connections seems consistent with this, being a physical explanation for these effects.
That’s why autistic people like to do repetitive behaviors (it’s easy to predict the outcome), don’t like change, and so on. It’s why autistic people tend to be highly sensitive to certain senses (loud noises, bright lights, touch). And it’s why they struggle in social situations-there is too much complexity to process it and decide what to do.
The research about too large brain size and too many connections seems consistent with this, being a physical explanation for these effects.