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?
Possibly, using allistic rather than neurotypical, the opposite of an autist would be a sociopath who was socially adept, a good communicator, but an empathy-free manipulator of others.
Possibly, using allistic rather than neurotypical, the opposite of an autist would be a sociopath who was socially adept, a good communicator, but an empathy-free manipulator of others.
