We're all on the Spectrum

TheCatWoman said:

then as well as being somewhere in the middle you can be at either ends too, we probably know more about people at the extreme end of ND

My understanding of the spectrum is that it's not linear ie there isn't an extreme end.

It's rather that we all dip in and out in the various areas of autism.

So why is it presented as linear?

Even if it's as you say then there must be a clump of people inhabiting the NT areas with maybe a toe in an ND area?

I'm not trying to be confrontational with you, these are jst the questions that popped into my head when reading your reply

I find it confusing to be honest, why is ND called a spectrum if it's not linear, why not call it something else, like a wheel?

So are we a cats cradle of intersecting points on a wheel, like blood splatter analysis at a crime scene?

What if someone's points on a wheel are all on one side or in one section?

Sorry this is reminding me of a zodiac, my chart looked like a balloon!

Speaking as scientist, all spectra are linear - different wavelengths in electromagnetic spectra or different masses in mass-spectrometry. What is shown above is a 'colour wheel' not a spectrum. Which just shows how medics and psychologists are not sufficiently scientific in their terminology.

Speaking as scientist, all spectra are linear - different wavelengths in electromagnetic spectra or different masses in mass-spectrometry. What is shown above is a 'colour wheel' not a spectrum. Which just shows how medics and psychologists are not sufficiently scientific in their terminology.

I find it confusing to be honest, why is ND called a spectrum if it's not linear, why not call it something else, like a wheel?

So are we a cats cradle of intersecting points on a wheel, like blood splatter analysis at a crime scene?

What if someone's points on a wheel are all on one side or in one section?

Sorry this is reminding me of a zodiac, my chart looked like a balloon!