"... when people talk about autism they talk as if it were a gradient, not a spectrum at all."
#CLLynch, 2019
https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/
I've been uncomfortable with the way people talk about the autistic s spectrum for ages, but couldn't put my finger on why. This one sentence absolutely nails it.
#HatTip to @dedicto for referencing the article in their bio.
"But, you see, I can speak, and I can look people in the eyes, so they see my autism as 'mild'. My autism affects those around me mildly but my autism does affect me severely."
#CLLynch, 2019
https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/
Same!
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"There is no question that those who suffer from severe neuromotor difficulties are extremely disabled, and I am not in any way comparing myself to them.
In fact, I am specifically asking people to stop comparing me to them. It does them a disservice to assume that they have what I have, only worse."
#CLLynch, 2019
https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/
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@strypey @dedicto
Hey ! Thanks for the share.
I am still confused. Here, autism is considered first as a disability of different kind. If they affect several domains, it is called autism. Otherwise it is a different neuroatypie.
At the same time, autism is from foetus life to death. Something which does not change.
But before autistic burnout, the difficulties were largely invisibly even to me and it just caused a lot of anxiety.
It seems contradictory to me.
