Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

An example of how my brain works when I am alone. And yes, there is a difference in how my brain operates from when I am alone to when there are people around me. No animals do not count. Well petting my cat may relieve some stress allowing for more "brain flow".

Is a glass half full or empty?

Depends on the relation of the question. It is an open question with many possible answers. Only through experience do I know that the question is to judge ones out look on life.

This is how my brain would process the question:

Was is the context? Was the glass filled or emptied? It it was filled then it is half full. If it was emptied it is half empty. Is it a question of measurement? Since measurement is infinite then a true half can never be determined unless a range of predetermined measurement is specified.

This is a tiny example...

So, to one on the "spectrum" every question is a loaded question. The more literal and specific you can be the better.

Autism, To Be or Not To Be, a Disease

The following was an "argument" paper I wrote for English 101 almost 2 years ago. I know it still needs work and my ideas may or may not have changed a bit since then but here it is anyway:

Autism, To Be or Not To Be, a Disease

  There is a controversial debate that has has seriously missed the mark. That debate is whether the “rise” of autism is an epidemic or just a growing awareness in what was already here. The first party argues that it is an epidemic and it is being caused by something like mercury in popular vaccines. They say that the increase in autism being due to better diagnoses and awareness is a “big lie”. Popular belief is that the Pharmaceutical companies and government agencies responsible for these vaccines are just trying to cover their ass (McElroy). The other side claims that it is due to better diagnoses. When a diagnoses expands its definition more people fall under it. Many who where diagnosed as mentally retarded are now re-diagnosed as autistic. Because of the wide spectrum range of autism more people fall into its category, from low functioning autism to high functioning Asperger's Syndrome. They claim the other party is just frustrated and angry and just looking to point their finger at someone to blame (Lawrence). They are both right and they are both wrong. The autism problem is being misunderstood and should be re-evaluated.


  In order to understand this, first the definitions and labels of the autism spectrum need to be re-evaluated. I am classed as having Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning spectrum of autism. There was a time I accepted this but no longer. I am not autistic. A popular term for “normal” people not “autistic” is Neural Typical. I, am Neural Sensitive. Neural sensitivity comes with its ups and downs but I am not disabled. I have no disorder. Just because I think differently, I process information differently, and I do not socialize like a “normal” person does not make me mentally handicapped. Men cannot get pregnant, do we class them as disabled? That would be absurd.


  Neural Sensitives are nothing new. They have been around since civilization began. They engineered the pyramids, the stone henge, etc. They are your Beethovens, Mozarts, Telsas, and Einsteins. They are those extra sensitive to music, colors, noises, mathematics, mechanics and so forth. Their sensitivities teeter between both bad and good, giving them the aura of oddness. They are the breaking edge of the human brains capabilities.


  So what is autism then? Autism is when something goes wrong in the developmental stages of a neurally sensitive mind. Most probably caused chemically, e.g., vaccines. So a neural sensitive child is affected chemically by something in their environment that causes damage to their delicate development and the outcome is what we call autism (Blachford).


  So how do we know that it starts in the genes and then is altered chemically later? Studies have shown that in identical twins, both are most always either autistic nor not, while fraternal twins most always only one is affected. One statement claims if two autistic parents have a child, that child will most often be autistic as well. This tells us it is genetic. Occasionally in identical twins one will be affected and the other not. We know that it is genetic and for one to be affected and the other not it tells us the one was affected chemically (McElroy).


  So it needs to be understood that Neural Sensitives, i.e. Aspergers, have always been here but autism is separate and is becoming an epidemic. All future generations of human genius will become mentally handicapped and any advancement of our race will come to a halt. “Normal” people are too busy with friends, family, careers, etc. to be bothered by complex mathematical equations and the like, we need our “human calculators”. There is nothing wrong with being Neural Typical, they are who keep us human and our Neural Sensitives keep us ever advancing as sentient beings. Neural Typicals need to step back and stop arguing and Neural Sensitives need to be in the front evaluating this epidemic as it affects them directly and they know more of how their brain works than anyone.







"Autism." The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Ed. Stacey L. Blachford. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.


Frey, Rebecca J., and Kathleen A. Fergus. "Asperger Syndrome." The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Ed. Brigham Narins. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 113-116. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.


Dachel, Anne McElroy. "Autism Is a Serious Public Health Crisis." Behavioral Disorders. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "The Really Big Lie About Autism." YubaNet.com. 2006. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.





Scahill, Lawrence. "Autism Is Not an Epidemic." Pediatric News Apr. 2008: 24. Rpt. in Behavioral Disorders. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.