+100 Which is why several people *with autism* have written articles about exactly that - Beth clearly shows signs of being HFA. These articles have already been linked in this thread, so I won’t repeat them. But it’s very telling that autistic people agree she was depicted as such. |
Ha - true! She’s a very unusual looking person. Sometimes she can look beautiful, and other times quite the opposite. |
And the genius people who grew up in orphanages could have written their own articles claiming the same. It’s called confirmation bias. |
Do you have a single example of the genius orphan like Beth? It's telling that you don't. They could have written the same thing *but they didn't* therein lies the difference. Open your mind and perhaps read what's been linked here. If you post something to the contrary I will read it. |
After teaching for 36 years plus, I've come to realize that many girls are on the spectrum and it just looks very different than boys. There wasn't even a category years ago that would produce a label for this girl. I wouldn't call it high functioning or low functioning per se, just somewhere on the spectrum. Girls mask better (the clothes), adapt a little better (pick up social clues, but after the fact) which hides a lot of it, but yes, this character is on the spectrum and really explains her story line and savant like chess skill. It isn't only the chess skill, it's her relationships with others, even before the death of her mother, the pills, etc. Slam dunk dx. |
Uh. It was a snarky comment because how many geniuses do we have in orphaned these days... The point stands about autism. People see what they want to see AKA confirmation bias. |
Please explain this point. What relationships? What specifically did she do in those relationships? |
Got it. You have nothing to back up your ill informed opinion. That's been obivous all along. |
You honestly think there are a bunch of geniuses who grew up in orphanages running around these days?
Ouch. Sounds like confirmation bias is a tough pull for you to swallow. |
| And there are multiple people posting BTW... |
OMG. Do you even hear yourself? |
| You guys realize she’s not real right? You’re arguing about a fake person. |
+1 That poster is extremely defensive for some reason. |
Yes, of course. |
She just learned about confirmation bias in her Psych 101 class so she's going to use it as often as possible to make her sound smarter than she is.
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