Autism is not an emotional cycle, it's not a circumstantial state
it's a disorder determined by genetics.
Either you got the genes, or you don't. Pretty binary.
it's a disorder determined by genetics.
Either you got the genes, or you don't. Pretty binary.
Though I agree, in certain aspects is a super-power. In certain aspects it's a hampering disability. Semantics.
And the spectrum part is definitely a disorder. It’s a deep-down and profound inability to connect. We are a fundamentally social species, to a fundamental inability to get socialization at a visceral level is pretty disordered.
Even if they were to both fit the definition, I’m not sure what the objection to the word is.
This is wildly inaccurate.
> Either you got the genes, or you don't. Pretty binary.
Even more wildly inaccurate. It's not remotely binary. There is no autism gene or genes. Environmental factors (nurture) still factor heavily.
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/autism-genetics-explained/
and a myriad of other articles and research papers one can find by googling "genetics autism."
"Wildly" might be an overstatement. As your own link says, genetics are a significant (but not the only) factor.
I agree the whole binary thing is BS, but i think what the poster was originally trying to dispute is that its all in people's head as an emotional state, which is also clearly very wrong.