#AutismSpectrumDisorder #ActuallyAutistic
#GenderSpectrum #FWakeGenderRoles
#FWakeOvertonWindow

I think there is a "Overton Window" that is why so many #Doctorates can't nail down exactly what "Autism Spectrum" is, and "ADHD Spectrum", and a whole slew of related issues.

I was reading the postings on Facebook the author of this book:

"Context Blindness: Digital Technology and the Next Stage of Human Evolution (Understanding Media Ecology, 10)" – January 25, 2022
by Eva Berger (Author), Lance Strate (Series Editor)

#EvaBerger has brought #MediaEcology right into the topic of autism.

#NeilPostmanWasRight1985 "Neil Postman was Correct in year 1985" - I think the medical community / psychology industry / psychiatry industry has entirely failed to study Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman's work.

I think that our lifestyle high in electric media content could be exposing genetic differences that have made #AutismDiagnosis a battleground between:

1. Hardware. genetics / DNA

2. Microcode. RNA Conformation / #RNAConformation / "Environmental Influences on Gene Expression"

3. Firmware. Religion, languages, education, parenting, clergy, school, wartime vs. peacetime. Oceanside vs. inland, etc, etc.

3. Software. books, television, social media, films. Acquired knowledge, experience, mentors, teachers., friends, family, parenting, marriage

The "Overton Window" of behavior, and even how a nation may behave towards autism spectrum symptoms in one time period say 1985 vs. 2025. Different nations ("When In Rome, Do as the Romans Do" metaphor), different education in the community, wartime / dictatorship vs. access go information from across the world, etc, etc, etc.

"Are people with #autism giving us a glimpse into our future human condition? Could we be driving our own evolution with our technology and, in fact, be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human evolution? The thesis at the center of this book is that since we have delegated the ability to read context to contextual technologies such as social media, location, and sensors, we have become context blind. Since context blindness―or caetextia in Latin―is one of the most dominant symptoms of autistic behavior at the highest levels of the spectrum, people with autism may indeed be giving us a peek into our human condition soon. We could be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human evolution―Homo caetextus. With increasingly frequent floods and fires and unbearably hot summers, the human footprint on our planet should be evident to all, but it is not because we are context blind. We can now see and feel global warming. We are witnessing evolution in real-time and birthing our successor species. Our great-grandchildren may be a species very distinct from us. This book is a must for all communication and media studies courses dealing with digital technology, media, culture, and society. And a general reading public concerned with the polarized public sphere, difficulties in sustaining democratic governance, rampant conspiracies, and phenomena such as cancel culture and the need for trigger warnings and safe spaces, will find it enlightening."

The marketing description of #EvaBerger book from 2022 titled "Context Blindness: Digital Technology and the Next Stage of Human Evolution (Understanding Media Ecology, Book 10)"

this blurs topics and I am having a lot of difficulty with communications input/output that has gotten worse with age. I expect this will be difficult to read and understand, it was difficult to write, and probably so poorly written I should toss it away and not share it. But the struggle is real now and my mind has many thoughts in these areas and even if they come out a jumbled mess - it is real.

#RoundSparrowFrustration

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TOPIC:
#Autism and listening, reading, hearing other people.

TOPIC:
World peace and humanity having biggest population in all Earth's history and world wars and how all of humanity has been shifting towards more words and communications the past few hundred years and hopefully away from violence and hate.

TOPIC:
James Joyce's writings, books, from 100 years ago and even earlier. Ulysses, Finnegans Wake - and the hard labor he put into the topic of meaning in language, spiritual / religion meaning of language, and conflicts people have - compassion and mercy for misunderstandings instead of hating each other.

TOPIC
Lesser discussed topic in autism of #ContextBlindness and context changing / context blending. #EvaBerger has a book from 2022 titled "Context Blindness: Digital Technology and the Next Stage of Human Evolution (Understanding Media Ecology)"

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#Autism and sensory overload of processing people's verbal speech. Often in autism support groups and writings /memes you hear people express how a crowded room it is difficult to follow or understand a conversation with the overlapping sensory input.

Eva Berger's book on Context Blindness impresses upon me the topic of how this happens with modern reading / watching of content from news and such. And this gets into many of Professor Neil Postman's #MediaEcology work (he died in 2003, and wrote many books).

I can't finish this right now, the communications is too difficult.