There's no such thing as an original idea and all of this will have been stolen from other people's pitch decks, books and websites. Things go in, they come out slightly changed. Thank you! It's a good working model for my quirky brain. Feel free to steal in turn.
Everything here is exaggerated for the sake of illustration; I actually believe we all think in the same way, just my version is more extreme. This is all to provide a framework for understanding by painting things in comparison; a thought experiment.
Speculation: cause defence raw data sample
Technology analogy: processing threads
Working hypothesis for new treatments: delayed 'closing' of the synapse, results in truncated emotional development and a non-calming storm. See planet
Idea for how to simulate the autistic brain?
Sand falling into funnels of attention. This is how it feels for me