Not to say that this is necessarily wrong, but aren't the Amish by nature a little bit autistic in the sense they don't conform to modern roles and ways of being? It feels like their whole culture could be defined as autistic if you nitpick hard enough. lol
Amish traits, characteristics, and behavior are not autistic but rather attributable to their religion which began as a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Mennonite Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann.Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish. In the second half of the 19th century, the Amish divided into Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonites. There are differences between these two groups. One example is that the Mennonites drive automobiles. The Amish do not.
Here's a 2015 decent article about the absence of Amish autism and reasons for this absence.
Not to say that this is necessarily wrong, but aren't the Amish by nature a little bit autistic in the sense they don't conform to modern roles and ways of being? It feels like their whole culture could be defined as autistic if you nitpick hard enough. lol
Amish traits, characteristics, and behavior are not autistic but rather attributable to their religion which began as a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Mennonite Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann.Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish. In the second half of the 19th century, the Amish divided into Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonites. There are differences between these two groups. One example is that the Mennonites drive automobiles. The Amish do not.
Here's a 2015 decent article about the absence of Amish autism and reasons for this absence.
https://www.longdom.org/open-access/the-science-behind-the-absence-of-autism-in-the-amish-community-energetic-immunity-34787.html