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minus-squareWashedupcynic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThat trope comes from the occasional comorbidity of autism with savant syndrome.
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agohttps://aeon.co/essays/historys-shaming-fascination-for-the-so-called-idiot-savant
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoCo…morbidity?
minus-squareWashedupcynic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoco·mor·bid·i·ty /ˌkōmôrˈbidədē/ nounMedicine the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient. “age and comorbidity may be risk factors for poor outcome”
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s fair… I guess I associate comorbidity with (extremely) negative conditions, not just a couple of things that happen to exist in the same person at the same time.
That trope comes from the occasional comorbidity of autism with savant syndrome.
https://aeon.co/essays/historys-shaming-fascination-for-the-so-called-idiot-savant
Co…morbidity?
co·mor·bid·i·ty
/ˌkōmôrˈbidədē/
nounMedicine
the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient. “age and comorbidity may be risk factors for poor outcome”
That’s fair… I guess I associate comorbidity with (extremely) negative conditions, not just a couple of things that happen to exist in the same person at the same time.