This is interesting to me as the author is definitely right that people use the word "spectrum" wrong. It has come to mean a gradient rather than a spectrum. But that's natural language for you. There's not much use fighting it.
I do think that when people talk about being "on the spectrum" etc, it is well understood what they mean. I'm sure everyone on HN knows at least one person who is "a bit autistic" and maybe even considers themselves to be. We all know what it means. It might be the wrong words, technically, but we do seem to be communicating the right thing.
I do think that when people talk about being "on the spectrum" etc, it is well understood what they mean. I'm sure everyone on HN knows at least one person who is "a bit autistic" and maybe even considers themselves to be. We all know what it means. It might be the wrong words, technically, but we do seem to be communicating the right thing.