I’ve done research into Neurodiversity, and I came across an interview
by Autism Live of Mr. Jonathan Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell is an older autistic
who maintains a blog concerning neurodiversity. Newsweek wrote
him up some time ago dealing with the debate over autism. He is opposed to the
Neurodiversity movement and has received a considerable amount of hatred for
it. That’s messed up if you ask me and exposes some flaws with this movement if
this hatred is coming from it.
One of the common diagrams used by
this movement is a “Spiky Profile” diagram. This diagram has IQ on the Y axis
with various cognitive elements going down the X axis. It’s showing how ASDs
are better in some things but not others.
This diagram is nothing more than a Venn
diagram displayed in a linear format. Social researchers frequently use Venn
diagrams in Critical Race Theory, but
they call them intersectional diagrams.
We can display comparative
information between two populations in multiple diagram formats. For example,
we could use a simple bar chart instead of an X/Y graph for cognitive
abilities.
But none of this proves anything
except differences between measurements.
It can give fodder for
Neurodiversity’s opposition to show that it’s proof of a pathology in need of
correcting.
For Neurodiversity proponents to
make the argument that various brain structures are nothing more than an
evolutionary response, then they are going to need to prove why evolution has
not favored this adaptation in the species overall. One in 160 children have autism in
the world. That’s 0.00625 of all the children in the world.
Yeah, that’s a big number of kids
when multiplied out. But still less than 1% of the overall population
suggesting that it’s possibly a genetic disorder.
If we take the recent COVID-19 variants
as a proxy for evolution, the Delta variant has subsumed all other variants so
far in many global locations, showing the power of true evolution. If autism
was a true evolutionary process of the human brain necessary for our survival,
then natural selection would produce way more than less than 1%.
Now I’ve heard the Charles Babbage had
Asperger’s, along with a host of other scientists. But all these men lived
before a time of formal diagnosis, and we are only speculating. Despite its
well documented in the modern era, most autistic men tend not to be creative in
science. Most can’t even hold down a job, as noted by Mr. Mitchell’s own life.
Yes, I would say a few higher end ASDs may end up in some scientific field,
because of their obsessive pursuit of specific knowledge. But this requires
them to have an obsession. Which the current criteria of the DSM puts
into doubt since all they need is “two fixated interests and repetitive
behaviours.” Which means those interests could be something inane and
non-beneficial to society. For all we know, maybe these men were hyped up on
drugs, maybe suffered from some form of untreated bipolar disorder, or a
combination of all the above.
Read here about the Committee for
Better Mental Health on www.rosellatolfree.com