irelephant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIf autism is a spectrum, does that mean everyone is on the spectrum?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down17
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareIf autism is a spectrum, does that mean everyone is on the spectrum?irelephant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareProprietary_Blend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·2 days agoIf everyone’s on the spectrum, then no one is on the spectrum.
minus-squareCorelli_III@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_a_disjunct
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIn the sense that “on the spectrum” is often used to say that someone has autistic traits, yeah. But there would still be a spectrum and everyone would be on it, it would just reach from no autistic traits to maximum autism.
If everyone’s on the spectrum, then no one is on the spectrum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_a_disjunct
In the sense that “on the spectrum” is often used to say that someone has autistic traits, yeah. But there would still be a spectrum and everyone would be on it, it would just reach from no autistic traits to maximum autism.