Hmm, the comparison to dogs does seem apt if we extrapolate the metaphorical, and not actually human relations are like dogs. I know that’s sidetracking the intent of this comment, but part of the reason I ask is to better understand the sociology of neurotypical-neurodivergent relations. So, I think the parallel to a species with differences we more commonly understand helps show the matter of neurodivergency being no better/worse, just sometimes not fit for the surrounding.

Makes me wonder if we’ve looked into other animal’s psychological differences, including their minorities, enough to understand much about how we view our own with mental ‘illnesses’. We aren’t fully sure how autism is caused nor how they survived in prehistoric times to still be genetically predisposed in many people.