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'we are all on the spectrum'

miaxx
over 2 years ago

Why do people say this? We aren't otherwise there would be no need for a diagnosis.

The spectrum isn't linear. It's not most autistic to least autistic.

FFS this kind of thing annoys me so much

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  • over 2 years ago

    Hi Maixx. It's a common rhetorical device called 'understatement'. It's the opposite of hyperbole, which would be along the lines of, 'You're the only person in the entire world who is autistic." Understatement, in this case, is employed to diminish the other person's legitimate struggles by implying that everyone else has the same struggles but their lives are not impacted. In other words, understatement describes or implies that something is smaller and less significant than it actually is. It has a new variant in modern culture which people refer to as Whataboutery. 

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  • over 2 years ago

    Hi Maixx. It's a common rhetorical device called 'understatement'. It's the opposite of hyperbole, which would be along the lines of, 'You're the only person in the entire world who is autistic." Understatement, in this case, is employed to diminish the other person's legitimate struggles by implying that everyone else has the same struggles but their lives are not impacted. In other words, understatement describes or implies that something is smaller and less significant than it actually is. It has a new variant in modern culture which people refer to as Whataboutery. 

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