"It's a Spectrum"

Post Reply New Topic

>> Responding, "I think it's a spectrum," is not as ingenious as you might think. <<

Who claimed it was? Has this been eating you up after you heard someone say it somewhere?

There is no formal way to quantify how much a person fits the various criteria for autism spectrum conditions. But even if you had an objective quantifiable way to compare people
on the autism spectrum you would in fact find "its a spectrum". Much like something more concrete like skin burns one can determine what percent skin is burned, degree that it is burned, location, secondary infections, pain, etc.

I think with me I would have to fold the spectrum in several places to see how I fit at all. High functioning, low functioning. That is just what is really confusing me. Sure I guess they would say I'm high functioning because it is 'overall' IQ. But it relative there is a lot I can't do. I'm just ‘supposed’ to be high functioning I guess. So I can make a fool of myself. I don't really know. Just because a shrink says I'm AS. All I know for sure is I'm not typical. I guess what I'm trying to say is i don't think I fit in any group I know of. I just don't have these amazing abilities that you think of high functioning.

this is one of the few places where autistic/asperger "spectrum" people can come to express what they perceive, think, feel and share their inner selves without NT types breathing down their necks. WP is like home base.

"Philosophers have studied the dialectic for centuries".
Who cares...people's feelings are more important than dialectic etiquettes