I have been thinking about Callista's response which I read the day she posted it, and it is very articulate and intelligent but something there bothers me, and I came here to respond to that, but then decided to respond to you first.I
sharkattack wrote:
Could these be two distinct conditions with similar symptoms.
Yes, not exactly, but kind of. The way I understand it is around the principle of encapsulation, which I have been writing about .for the last two months or so. Certain brains might tend to encapsulate in an autistic sense because of various genetic factors that do not aid survival.. Other kinds of brains might tend to be more likely to encapsulate in a certain way also because of genetic factors, but in this case,genetic that do help survival, or at least could. This is what I mean when I write about two different kinds of brains. Of course there are more than two kinds, but I am speaking from this angle. Encapsulating around thinking can make a person smarter, and certain brains may be designed to work more efficiently in this way. (The point should be made that all brains work by the principle of encapsulation.) Anyway, in the case of some brains being designed to use the principle of encapsulation in order to increase intelligence and therefore survival, these brains under certain conditions might be, and imo are more likely to encapsulate autistically due to certain environmental factors, such as stress, certain kinds of parenting, food allergies, not enough light, social crowding or whatever..Of course these kind of conditions could affect any kind of brain, but certain kinds of brains would be more likely to autistically encapsulate.
If you think of yourself as being on a spectrum, that is of some value in terms of understanding and sorting things out, such as people are making all these threads comparing similar features. It is very fun to look at and see how so much of it applies to me, too, but basically I believe it slows people down from sorting out their own individual difficulties and working on them, though it could also be helpful. I tend to put the reigns on myself about replying to these kind of threads..
Among all the difficulties in my life Aspergers carries a normal IQ some times a little more.
I kind of feel guilty using the term Autism for myself when I see how much harder many children with Autism have it.
I have listed my problems and difficulty's here a number of times.
However I work and can enjoy a drink or a nice meal or cinema visit.
I have been on holiday to a number of countries also.
I am just asking the question to open of the topic because in all honesty I have no idea either way two conditions or one condition on a spectrum.
You have a choice about how to think of yourself, and do not let others tell you how to do it. Personally I have found that thinking in this way about myself being on a spectrum closes many doorways to personal growth, as it limits and even stereotypes the thinking about oneself in relationship. For instance, some people are obviously smarter than some others, and all kinds of factors play into this, both genetics and environment, but are you going to go around thinking that you are on a spectrum of human intelligence in that you are making certain errors in thinking, just like everyone else except in your case less (or more)? This is not a perfect analogy, but good enough. Would thinking in this way make you smarter or stupider? Obviously the person who is really smart, for whatever reason, is paying attention to whatever he is doing and not thinking of himself as fitting into some kind of spectrum. That would make no sense. Of course fitting into "normal" society is also kind of like thinking of oneself as on a spectrum of normality:-) I am not sure this makes anyone smarter either.
30 Nov 2013, 12:13 pm
