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Post #1507675
2026-03-31 17:07 UTC
My main thought reading through this article is that Frith misunderstands the meaning of "spectrum" and that it's perhaps intentional because she wants fewer people diagnosed. She kind of seems to be leaning toward the idea that *everyone* thinks differently, so autism isn't real for most people diagnosed that way, but she completely neglects the fact that society deems only a very limited range of that different thinking as "normal" and healthy. Even assuming that's true and that there isn't something actually *biologically* broken, it isn't practical to act on that until society changes to accommodate the variations of thought.
Like, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with being hyper focused on a task that means a lot to you (as long as your biological needs are still being met). It's only a problem because the society we live in has generally decided not to learn how to integrate that way of thinking, particularly when it affects other people.
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I recently learned that I struggle immensely with forced changes of priority at work and having to shift through many different types of tasks in a single day. Much more so than nuerotypical folks. It's probably a *major* cause of the burnout that put me on short term disability leave for the last 3 months. This way of thinking isn't something I feel is wrong in my brain at all, but rather something that can be managed by changing how I do my work and how my manager assigns it to me, but managing will depend on this little part of my society deciding to work with me on it. If my manager refuses to change how he manages me, the problem will largely remain.
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@chronohart
Thank you for this - I so agree!
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