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Correct, the brain is always in flux but still an organ. So of course anything to do with chemicals (hi Dutch cigarettes) but also to do with reflection (mind, talk therapies) affect it's state.
The issue with autism is that the wiring is different (a slightly different chipset so to say...) and sometimes people with "normal" wiring think it's a "diseased" setup. But by changing the wiring you may also change the "mind" drastically, leading to a quite different person.
It is a fix/cure...or a drastic change that may have negative effects, akin to brain damage to a typical brain?
Baron Sascha-Cohen has long article on this, and neurodiversity is another reading topic. Again, it's complex as some ppl with autism struggle (and their parents too) whereas others function in society quite well.
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Likewise, but I'm also wary of the difficulties we sometimes have seeing the brain as just an organ that may be treatable and only thinking about the 'mind' instead. I don't know much about autism really but find mental health and the attitudes towards it fascinating/baffling.