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The phrase has sounded weird to me for some time but here it strikes me as especially so: "the spectrum" Just one spectrum, 2 dimensions? Is that all we get? I
by dbtc 2y ago
The phrase has sounded weird to me for some time but here it strikes me as especially so: "the spectrum"
Just one spectrum, 2 dimensions? Is that all we get? It's a linguistic short-cut, I get that, but I wonder how useful it is, how much nuance it conceals.
- kylebenzle 2y agoYes, 2 degrees, because autism is a neural "over-connectedness" in the brain that leads to common physical and mental symptoms like toe walking, double hair whorl, sensitivity to sound, etc. The spectrum can essentially be thought of has the degree of neural "over-connectedness".
- ModernMech 2y agoPicture a color wheel instead of a continuum. Here's an image that shows what I mean: https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4683716510.9542/raf,360x360,075,t,fafafa:ca443f4786.jpg https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4683716510.9542/raf,360x360,...
- fragmede 2y agoYeah, a Kiviat diagram, or radar graph https://blog.onepatchdown.net/autism/2023/01/13/autism/ https://blog.onepatchdown.net/autism/2023/01/13/autism/
- ianbicking 2y agoYeah, "the spectrum" feels like squeezing lots of things into one diagnosis. Kind of the opposite of neurodiversity. It also feels a bit tech-centric... probably tech is someplace autistic attributes are particularly helpful, but other subjects are probably most compatible with other kinds of neurodivergence.