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Caetextia: A New Definition of Autism and Aspergers behavior

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SilverLining:
Hi Everybody.   Here's something I came across in my reading which may be of interest to some on the board.  These therapists propose the term "caetextia" or context blindness to describe behaviors on the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum.  I find some of their ideas intriguing.  There is "left brained" autistic behavior which is close to the common description of aspergers syndrome.  But then there is a right brain variation (they believe more common in women) in which the left brain does not effectively discipline the random and imaginative associations of the right. 

http://www.caetextia.com/

I've been toying with the idea that my father demonstrates the left brain problem, and my mother the right brain variation. Opposites really do attract.... :)

Meh:
Now that "Skits" explained her self-diagnosis...Hum, makes me wonder how an expert can tell the difference between Aspergers and "Schizoid" personality traits. The two things both appear to have a "anti-social" flavor to them. It's all way beyond what my little brain can tolerate right now though so I'm not gonna think about it too much. 

sKePTiKal:

--- Quote ---Although missing the template for parallel processing, the more intelligent a person with caetextia is, the more likely they are to have access to universal reason. They may then be able to use thought to reflect back consciously on whatever has happened and construct another perspective. But this is a slow process and, without instant access to their own reinforcement history, their sense of self will be impaired – that sense of ‘I-ness’, of being separate from whatever context we happen to be in. People on the autistic spectrum, lacking this ability, may struggle to develop a sense of self and typically feel insecure in a world where everything is constantly changing. It may be this impoverished sense of self that keeps driving the more creative people with this condition to find out who they are, trying out roles to play in life and reinventing themselves, etc.
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HUH. This paragraph opens up a lot of questions, for me.
For instance: what do the authors mean here, about "reinforcement history"?

Now the observing self - this is something I'm pretty familiar with. Starlight - if you only read that section, I think you'll find it interesting and helpful.

BonesMS:

--- Quote from: SilverLining on February 08, 2012, 08:03:07 PM ---Hi Everybody.   Here's something I came across in my reading which may be of interest to some on the board.  These therapists propose the term "caetextia" or context blindness to describe behaviors on the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum.  I find some of their ideas intriguing.  There is "left brained" autistic behavior which is close to the common description of aspergers syndrome.  But then there is a right brain variation (they believe more common in women) in which the left brain does not effectively discipline the random and imaginative associations of the right. 

http://www.caetextia.com/

I've been toying with the idea that my father demonstrates the left brain problem, and my mother the right brain variation. Opposites really do attract.... :)

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I have not heard of Caetextia before and I have not seen this discussed in my Aspie groups.  I'll have to ask them what their thoughts are on this.

Bones

SilverLining:

--- Quote from: PhoenixRising on February 09, 2012, 06:48:59 AM ---
--- Quote ---Although missing the template for parallel processing, the more intelligent a person with caetextia is, the more likely they are to have access to universal reason. They may then be able to use thought to reflect back consciously on whatever has happened and construct another perspective. But this is a slow process and, without instant access to their own reinforcement history, their sense of self will be impaired – that sense of ‘I-ness’, of being separate from whatever context we happen to be in. People on the autistic spectrum, lacking this ability, may struggle to develop a sense of self and typically feel insecure in a world where everything is constantly changing. It may be this impoverished sense of self that keeps driving the more creative people with this condition to find out who they are, trying out roles to play in life and reinventing themselves, etc.
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HUH. This paragraph opens up a lot of questions, for me.
For instance: what do the authors mean here, about "reinforcement history"?


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Yeah I'm not sure what they mean by reinforcement history and "universal reason".   I get the impression a person with this condition has to sort of think their way into a sense of self rather than just being that self.  So for those with the right brain impairment, the self definition process is intellectual without the benefit of right brain intuition.   

The outcome is familiar in my FOO.  I've long suspected my father is in a constant process of self definition, even at age 78.   He reads a book, adopts the perspective as his own for awhile.  Then after the memory fades he's onto something else.  There is no stable "core self" there for him to fall back on.  Reading is probably his primary tool of self definition.  Another is opposition.  He's constantly defining himself in opposition to others.   

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