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The whole article is about how it's not a continuum but a set of discrete unrelated traits.
by maximus-decimus 5y ago
The whole article is about how it's not a continuum but a set of discrete unrelated traits.
- pxc 5y agoAnd it chooses language that undermines or at least clashes with its point, e.g., > Red isn’t “more spectrum” than green or blue. Apples aren’t “more fruit” than oranges. That’s not how it works. Red 'is' in fact 'more wavelength' than green or blue. That's exactly how it works. The confusion the author bemoans comes from people actually knowing what characterizes a spectrum in general and taking that to apply when they hear the phrase 'autism spectrum'. The phrase itself is misleading.