Autism, Life & Learning
It's been a while since my last blog post so here is a little catch up. I've raced up in Nottingham and came first in my final and beat the Girls4Gold team, which is nice broke a couple records for Exeter but still no medal :/ . My fourth assingment is due soon and the tutorial for this assignment was last week and guess how many people turned up... Yep ONE, me. I know I'm special but I didn't need a whole classroom to myself. Anyway here is some, I'm not saying all but these two are quite popular, what I mean by that is people who work in the autism field and when i got tested they asked "which argument do you support". I will try and be neutral and list pros and cons of each if I miss something please say.
Argument 1- Autism is a evolutionary step. I know as first glace its sounds odd. This is the arument as I understand it. As most reasonable minds see things there is a thoery of evoulution. In this we came from lizards or small mammals of the time and further back it crated eyes, ears and most of our anatomy as we know it now. Where autism comes in is a lot of us have hightened senses may this be hearing, seeing, smell, touch, taste or all of them. This is a state of evolution which hasn't completely finshed because the brain hasn't mapped these functions as being that heightened so to cope with this each function has a shut off point where it overloads. It explains why there is no uniformity in autism. Some other evidents to back it up is that evolution is in constate flux and some of us have better memory, pain toleration and reflexes. Although some of this has to be taught, its there. So depending on this scale it shows people how evolved they are. Also the number of people being diagnosed with autism is growing so it kinda shows that they are more and it is growing soon autism maybe the norm- which will be a change. This is a rough explanation for everyone, but here are the pros and cons. Pros: - It explains autism -It explains why we have better senses then 'normal' people - Explains the spectrum a little more Cons: - It doesn't explain how we have evolved - Some things have to be taught - It doesn't explain the personality quirks most people with autism have such as being obnoxious or things like twitching Argument 2- Autism is the human idea of a sacrificial lamb This runs of the same idea with the evolutionary setting. As most reasonable minds see things there is a theory of evolution. In this we came from lizards or small mammals of the time and further back it crated eyes, ears and most of our anatomy as we know it now. Where autism comes in is a lot of us have heightened senses may this be hearing, seeing, smell, touch, taste or all of them. This is a state of evolution which hasn't completely finished because the brain hasn't mapped these functions as being that heightened so to cope with this each function has a shut off point where it overloads, this is where we would get either killed or put in serous danger. Instead of being the more advance idea of people, we are sacrificial lambs who help the collective survive. Apart from those with good memory's because they would record what had happen so the rest of the 'pack' or group you are with don't make the same mistake. Hence why we don't understand danger or have emotions because they aren't needed. Also to help this argument most people with autism when have an overload of sound or emotions will freeze, instead of running or facing it. Pros: - It explains autism -It explains why we have better senses then 'normal' people - Explains the spectrum a little more - It explain some the personality quirks most people, with autism have such as being obnoxious or things like twitching Cons: - It doesn't explain how we have evolved - Some things have to be taught - Isn't explained why it is still needed thousands of years later - Doesn't completely explain atypical autism or the people with autism who can adapt or mimic I hope this was interesting and i will let you pick which one is you think is right.
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Well, I had a few good days and spent time with people I trust, sorry everyone but I don't have friends, best you get though. I know that I look at life differently, I guess that's with most if not everyone who is autistic, whether that be in my head, inside a rainbow- pun intended or just blurred with music with colourful lights. Some autistics, including myself, will never really understand people and how to cross the road safety (thank you Toyota Prius driver). However, there are some things that I find that I really understand like physics, mathematics even languages ( to a point). All these have one main thing in common; all these have patterns. So I'm guessing here but other people with autism, Asperger's, ASD or whatever label you want to call it. If we find a pattern to life we can be people and have a life, I think. .
These are things I have always understood in some ways but I have other issues which confuse a lot of things. So I didn't realise how much they could affect me. I don't say anything personal- sorry again. But I have had lots of issues not just with my Asperger's but with everything, mentally and physically everything is just piling on top it could be that I have never had to change my plan of the week as much as I had to last week, or I could be over thinking everything. (I bet you it is that one). Maybe in my next post, I will talk about the way I see life. Coming back to the now. Here is the odd photo for you all. It's Pokemon called Eevee it explains autism so well (as far as I can see) as most Pokemon evolve and the Eevee's evolution is so unstable it can turn into any type: Grass, Water, Fire, Electric etc. Whatever it is near it will turn into this type, plus its cute and fluffy. All it needs is sensory lights and it would be completely autistic friendly. To top it off Eevee is Normal! The link for Eevee is embedded inside the picture. |
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