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Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019) by jl2718 on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:51AM (#29684694)
Interesting, but I think it has gone the other direction. It seems to me that the autism diagnosis has been unilaterally bad for rational people, and something like a green light for exploitation by emotional people. I hear people calling others autistic all the time to diminish their rational points in an argument.
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019) by watwut on Saturday December 25, 2021 @12:11PM (#29684859)
Autistic people are not more "rational" in the sense of having better arguments.
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019) by jl2718 on Saturday December 25, 2021 @01:08PM (#29685384)
That wasn’t my implication. I was saying that the term is being abused rather than just over-used as in celiac.

I don’t claim to know what ‘autistic’ is, and I’ve never heard a clear definition.