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Re:Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf] by upwardbound on Saturday June 25, 2022 @11:33PM (#31880839)
I have a miscellaneous question in case you happen to have a perspective. Do you think it might be potentially ambiguous to use the general term "the spectrum" to refer only to the asperger's/autism spectrum? Human minds are wonderfully diverse, and I feel like it might downplay that diversity if we make it sound like there is only one spectrum of genetically-linked mental phenotypes. As some examples:

- eidetic memory

- depression

- perfect pitch

And much more. I've always wanted to ask this and was wondering if you had thoughts on this?

Re:Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf] by ElvisTrout on Saturday June 25, 2022 @11:57PM (#31880925)
The word spectrum is a word in its own right. You can apply it to whatever you want.