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RFK jr is going to read this and suggest we do human centipede irl

[-] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 86 points 1 week ago

Getting a...

poop transplant.... monkey-typewriter

to cure my autism monkey-typewriter

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 53 points 1 week ago

I still can't believe poop transplant is a real thing. It sounds like a shitpost

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

More like a postshit than a shitpost.

Unless the FMT goes thru the mail.

[-] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 1 week ago

Well it's not a shitpost, it's a shittransplant

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

Well that's because it's not it's a microbiota transplant the poop is just substrate

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[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would be okay with fixing my gastrointestinal issues and some of my cognitive struggles if I kept my cognitive differences.

[-] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same, I have zero desire to think like a neurotypical. I don’t wanna be an NPC.

[-] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

thankfully I don't think that this sort of therapy would change everything about someone's cognition. We already know that autistic and ND brains have physical differences in their construction compared to neurotypical folks. We also knew that new structural differences may not be the entire story!

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 65 points 1 week ago

This is funny because most autistic folks I know usually feel better when they put their shit into me.

Like infodumping about special interests. Is that a joke? You can ban me if that's not a good joke.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Well, arcanepotato from crazypeople.online likes it, so what else could you need from a joke?

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

most autistic folks I know usually feel better when they put their shit into me.

YuruYuri San Hai screencap: a shocked Toshino Kyoko says, "That's quite the statement!"

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

It's a good thing I put some context in the very next sentence. Nobody ever takes things out of context to make someone else look foolish.

[-] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 21 points 1 week ago

It's a good joke

[-] axont@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

Shoving shit up my ass so I'll shut up about trains and touhou

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago
[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

The Isle of Sodor is just British Gensokyo

[-] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 43 points 1 week ago

I was a little bit ready to read an article that was hacky and about "finding a cure" but it was instead about addressing health whole-sale and reducing things that relate to discomfort or difficulty. Very nice to see :) (unless I missed something, which is possible!)

Hope the research can continue to help people live the life they want. The gut-brain neural pathway continues being one of the wildest things to read about. Sounds like psuedo-science at first but I feel like the studies that keep coming out on it are really solid and surprising.

[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

This one is certainly a type of solid. Joke aside it is indeed fascinating.

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

Where do I sign

Where do I fkn sign I'm so tired of this

cw: weird intrusive thoughtJust find someone with good poops and go ass to ass!

[-] hullabaloo@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago

Has anyone tried the reverse?

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

Yeah, maybe we could fix them

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago

Bong hit transplants have a much higher success rate

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

We should combine them, you know, to increase the success rate.

[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If an author invented the concept of fecal transplants for a story, I'd think they were fetish worldbuilding

Same goes for premarin (not because it's an HRT drug but because of its, uh, particular source)

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

All Creation is merely the vessel through which God reveals to us His fetishes, amen.

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[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago
[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have heard parents say that changing diet helped their children with autism, though I would hardly call that a scientific study


[-] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago

There's actually a bit of research on autism and diet. What I'm familiar with is sulforaphane (from broccoli, cabbage etc) showing an improvement in symptoms. This video talks about the causes that can impacted by diet, links to the studies referenced is under sources

[-] Poutine@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

Broccoli was my favourite food as a child and it definitely did not "fix" me.

[-] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I don't think any of the studies referenced said "fixed", I said symptom improvement which is significantly different. My kid still has symptoms, but I don't know what the symptoms would be like without cruciferous since she's always eaten at least cauliflower. If it makes relationships and communication less stressful for her, then great. If not, no harm done

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fun fact: Two thirds of all scurvy cases occur in people diagnosed as autistic.

I heard a lecturer say that with extreme deficiencies in juveniles you hope for autism as a "comorbidity" because that's harmless and then you have a cause.

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Diet would also affect the gut microbiome, so there is likely a link between this study and yours as well.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 20 points 1 week ago

Now I just want a T-shirt that says "Fecal Transplants for Autism" with a brown ribbon.

It's just WTF enough to get people interested enough to ask a question, then BOOM! I hit them with science!

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

So you're telling me my problem isn't that i'm full of shit, it's that it's the wrong kind

[-] RussianEngineer@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

the comments on that article are abysmal, even more so then public comments on news articles usually are

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Autism+Science online always draws out some of the absolute worst examples of humanity.

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For far too long, shit has only come out of the asshole. Until today, nobody was daring enough to ask, what if shit went into the asshole too? What if the asshole could function in duplex?

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Enemas have existed for a long time

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

to be honest gut microbiome and autism reminds me of andrew wakefield lmao

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

I thought they'd already tried this? I know someone who did research about this like half a decade ago. I may look at the study tomorrow.

[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

Yes, it sais right at the beginning, that the original article was from 2019. But they updated and republished it, because they did new studies. This time placebo controlled, larger and longer. Previously, the initial reduction in symptoms was 24%, now they showed, that after two years it's 45%. Also, these are official clinical trials for FDA approval, so it's closer to be made available for the public now.

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[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

So pooping back and fourth forever is real

[-] Busgirl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Fucking awesome!!! I hope they get the funding they need for the next round of testing.

[-] webp@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

Next round of pooping

taking my shit pill to not be an autist brb

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