Eli5 : What is Autism?

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Ok so quick context here,

I really want to focus on the “explain like Im five part. ”
I’m already quite aware of what is autism.

But I have an autistic 9 yo son and I really struggle to explain the situation to him and other kids in simple understandable terms, suitable for their age, and ideally present him in a cool way that could preserve his self esteem.

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Human minds are a lot like computers. Most computers run either Windows or Macintosh software. A small fraction of them though, run Linux. And there are lots of different types of Linux, they don’t all work the same way.

Some types of Linux work just as well as Windows or Macintosh for most tasks, just with a few quirks. Other types of Linux may perform certain particular tasks even better than the more common software, while more ordinary or mundane tasks might be more difficult using those systems.

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