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How irritating. I thought that cognitve style was just being reasonably well read and not a pathology. I am also suspicious of why it might be considered a disa

How irritating. I thought that cognitve style was just being reasonably well read and not a pathology. I am also suspicious of why it might be considered a disability as that externalizes responsibility for ones path through life while centralizing these advocates and activists and their critical frameworks. Worse, it legitimizes these advocates as peers to some rarely gifted people and infantalizes their talents vs. the sort of unctuous political maneouvering theorists trade on. If I had gifted children, I would learn to identify these snakes and keep them at bay.

wdh505 2y ago
I think the article posits that the cognitive style of autistic people have gotten is a pathology, and within that, there is additional groups of communication style. A well read person doesn't normally devolve into references to culture often unless they are bored and want to make a game of it The article's perspective partially excuses a person who otherwise would have intense anxiety about communicating because they are not "normal" and are generally considered awkward. The burden of communication is similar to the burden that an "intense introvert" would describe how "i like your company, but only in doses". With the label of weaver, this weaver communicator person could seek friends who think with a similar thinking style opposed to trying and failing and learning helplessness when it comes to friendships. Career wise, this label allows a weaver to pursue a path that doesn't involve sales where making a point and the "constant close" is highly valued. To people who have intense social anxiety or a neurodivergent pathology where many peers are unable to hold a job. The idea that children/adults with this label can be steered to areas where they can easily excel is a very good thing.
tolerance 2y ago
The pathology of the "Weaver" lies in the–dare I say—kitsch portrayal of what is traditionally the norm in oral cultures. The problem is that contemporary art lacks the richness of these cultures of the past. I have a hunch that a part of the topic of "neurodivergence" is an abstraction over the effects of a hyperliterate society without a cause or heritage and the trials that people of a more oral disposition face. The advocacy you speak of is also concerning, because it makes it all the more apparent to me that people with bad taste (i.e., are culturally deprived) are using the pathology of pathologizing as a power grab.

wdh505 2y ago

I think the article posits that the cognitive style of autistic people have gotten is a pathology, and within that, there is additional groups of communication style. A well read person doesn't normally devolve into references to culture often unless they are bored and want to make a game of it The article's perspective partially excuses a person who otherwise would have intense anxiety about communicating because they are not "normal" and are generally considered awkward. The burden of communication is similar to the burden that an "intense introvert" would describe how "i like your company, but only in doses". With the label of weaver, this weaver communicator person could seek friends who think with a similar thinking style opposed to trying and failing and learning helplessness when it comes to friendships. Career wise, this label allows a weaver to pursue a path that doesn't involve sales where making a point and the "constant close" is highly valued. To people who have intense social anxiety or a neurodivergent pathology where many peers are unable to hold a job. The idea that children/adults with this label can be steered to areas where they can easily excel is a very good thing.

tolerance 2y ago

The pathology of the "Weaver" lies in the–dare I say—kitsch portrayal of what is traditionally the norm in oral cultures. The problem is that contemporary art lacks the richness of these cultures of the past. I have a hunch that a part of the topic of "neurodivergence" is an abstraction over the effects of a hyperliterate society without a cause or heritage and the trials that people of a more oral disposition face. The advocacy you speak of is also concerning, because it makes it all the more apparent to me that people with bad taste (i.e., are culturally deprived) are using the pathology of pathologizing as a power grab.