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Thursday, August 15, 2019

“It’s a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think



Everyone knows that autism is a spectrum.  People bring it up all the time.

“My son is on the severe end of the autism spectrum.”

“We’re all a little autistic– it’s a spectrum.”

“I’m not autistic but I’m definitely ‘on the spectrum.'”

If only people knew what a spectrum is…  because they are talking about autism all wrong.

Let’s use the visible spectrum as an example.

As you can see, the various parts of the spectrum are noticeably different from each other.  Blue looks very different from red, but they are both on the visible light spectrum.

Red is not “more blue” than blue is.  Red is not “more spectrum” than blue is.

When people discuss colours, they don’t talk about how “far along” the spectrum a colour is.  They don’t say “my walls are on the high end of the spectrum” or “I look best in colours that are on the low end of the spectrum.”

To read more on this story, click here: “It’s a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think


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