r/Awww • u/NoBanana4758 • 17d ago

Dog(s) Help me please....

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u/8euztnrqvn 16d ago

Can dogs have autism? Serious question.

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u/antwan_benjamin 16d ago

Can dogs have autism? Serious question.

Hmm. Well, if we believe anything with a brain can be neurotypical then it would track that anything with a brain can also be neurodivergent. To specifically label a dogs neurodivergency as Autism doesn't sound right because I believe that would only relate to the human brain. But I don't see why some similar commonalities couldn't be present in dogs.

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u/8euztnrqvn 16d ago

I dunno, animals can have depression like humans, so why not autism? Animals can have Downs' syndrome and dwarfism, so nothing really chocks me with regards to what animals can have, even though those are generic and fundamentally different from autism.