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Relationship between Aphantasia and autism

1 min readByMartha MacTavish

Stories Co-occurring Conditions

Has anyone been able to suss out information regarding the relationship between autism and aphatasia?

Relationship between Aphantasia and autism

1 min readByMartha MacTavish

Stories Co-occurring Conditions

Has anyone been able to suss out information regarding the relationship between autism and aphatasia?

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Kevin Paris•recently•edited

From what I’ve learned, the percentage of autistics having aphantasia is higher than the percentage of those without autism. Since autism is a hot topic currently maybe someone will do further research into the relationship.

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Neal White•recently•edited

No idea, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was. I have both.

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athalyn90yrrs•recently•edited

No, but autism and ADHD are closely related and I have apantasia and ADHD. So curious myself.

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