Article in the Independent about this possibly becoming a new category:
Article in the Independent about this possibly becoming a new category:
Profound autism, is it real, or is it just intellectual disability with certain autistic features? People with intellectual disability, who are also talkative and extrovert and keen on social interaction are not called 'profoundly neurotypical'.
This sort of thing, like assignment of species in human evolution, tends to switch between 'lumpers' and 'splitters'. The 'spectrum' saw lumpers in the ascendant, perhaps the pendulum is swinging the other way?
Profound autism, is it real, or is it just intellectual disability with certain autistic features? People with intellectual disability, who are also talkative and extrovert and keen on social interaction are not called 'profoundly neurotypical'.
This sort of thing, like assignment of species in human evolution, tends to switch between 'lumpers' and 'splitters'. The 'spectrum' saw lumpers in the ascendant, perhaps the pendulum is swinging the other way?
I agree it is an interesting take, but I think it obvious that not everyone with autism is the same and maybe it would be better to acknowlege the differences? I've wondered before why some people are not labled as very NT, do other NT's find them difficult and exhausting to around?
This is an interesting take.