Yes, and from most of the people I know who believe themselves to be mildly autistic or to have behaviors commonly identified as autism symptoms, if you said to them “everyone’s a little bit gay,” they would almost certainly say “Yes! Exactly!”
There is no blood test that says you have autism or you don’t. It is a diagnosis based on opinion of results of several behavioral tests. How can a subjective opinion on your behavior be 100% conclusive? Doctors disagree with each other on a certain diagnosis. Sounds like a fuzzy border to me.
It’s essentially a duck test with more data points. The more points you get the more certain it is you have autism. And for diagnosis, there has to be a concrete line how many of those points are required
Well, the existence of tests makes it not subjective.
There’s room for interpretation and the border is fuzzy like you said, but there are actual tests with objective results guiding that interpretation.
And most people are within rounding distance of 0. So while you could argue “everyone’s a little autistic” is technically correct, it’s not helpful and is actively misleading in most contexts.
The fact that people have turned this statement into an argument about subjectivity vs. objectivity in the comments is the most sincerely endearing autistic bs
Autism is a spectrum.
As is sexuality I believe
Yes, and from most of the people I know who believe themselves to be mildly autistic or to have behaviors commonly identified as autism symptoms, if you said to them “everyone’s a little bit gay,” they would almost certainly say “Yes! Exactly!”
Also a cell provider 👉🙃👉
Sexuality would be a great name for a phone company.
On the inverse, I’m not so sure Spectrum would be a good name for a sex-content company.
And love is a drug.
That didn’t mean everyone is on the spectrum of autism, it means there is a spectrum of behaviors that a person with autism may have.
There is no blood test that says you have autism or you don’t. It is a diagnosis based on opinion of results of several behavioral tests. How can a subjective opinion on your behavior be 100% conclusive? Doctors disagree with each other on a certain diagnosis. Sounds like a fuzzy border to me.
It’s essentially a duck test with more data points. The more points you get the more certain it is you have autism. And for diagnosis, there has to be a concrete line how many of those points are required
So… if she weighs as much as a duck, then… she’s made out of wood.
Which means?
Umm… she’s a witch!!!
Well, the existence of tests makes it not subjective.
There’s room for interpretation and the border is fuzzy like you said, but there are actual tests with objective results guiding that interpretation.
Woah watch out guys, this badarse just solved Psychology.
What are the two directions of the spectrum?
North and chaotic.
And most people are within rounding distance of 0. So while you could argue “everyone’s a little autistic” is technically correct, it’s not helpful and is actively misleading in most contexts.
The fact that people have turned this statement into an argument about subjectivity vs. objectivity in the comments is the most sincerely endearing autistic bs
we all win the prize [of systemic discrimination]