The Core Of Asperger Syndrome
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:41 pm
"Quippe, ut fine conprehendam, daemones sunt genere animalia, ingenio rationabilia, animo passiva, corpore aeria, tempore aeterna." (platonism)
The ancient Greek or Roman physician used the term "passivus" to refer to what Asperger and Leo Kanner described as "socially programmable". "Passivus" in Latin means subject to influence, passive (being the object of external forces), subject to change.
In my view, women are by nature ususally more passive than men and this you can see also through "mimicry" (expression of the face, smiles, frowns, eye-movement). I found that female facial mimicry is more pronounced than in men. That makes sense if we view females as more passive. It would even develop the argument as to why women in various patriarchal societies faced discrimination, i.e. due to passivity (also only passive homosexuality was discriminated against in Rome - not homosexuality per se)
Next point: Some autistic people are exceptionally non passive. Their mental health struggles are rooted in their pathological resistance to social programming, family conditioning or external influences. Just like cats, I believe. On case study Fritz V, it's clear a regular state school found no viable way to "teach" him:
"Fritz V. was born in June 1933 in Austria and was sent to Hans Asperger in autumn of 1939. The school referred him as they considered him "uneducable" by his first day there."
As you might expect, such autistics as Fritz have low facial mimicry, dull eye expression, mask-like expression. They are pathologically independent, resist emotionally communicated cues and stimulae. Such people as Fritz in modern societies may well not even be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and the current A.S.D. diagnosis is, in my view, too broad and could cover symptoms too vaguely.
When I consider Asperger's as a possible diagnosis, "animalia animo passiva" I view as a major factor. Did the individual pathologically resist social conditioning and was school disrupted? Were there family cohesion problems?
I found actor Anthony Hopkins - who was diagnosed with mild Asperger's - did actually have major difficulties at school and was ridiculed as "stupid". I had been skeptical till I looked at his background (major school disruption). Hopkins also had some tense family relationship issues. To add icing to the cake, he adores cats, as I found is common in Asperger's, since cats are non-social, solitary animals.
For me it was more severe. I could never have made connections to be an actor, or even act. I do think, though, I could have directed (ability-wise). I share Hopkin's interests in piano and cinema. Your level of social disability, as the case may be, may depend upon what support you got in the earlier years and how pronounced your "disconnection" from the environment is. Open to debate if mine was a wasted life. Accomplishments, yes, but never been able to hold down a job, except once as a security guard.
The ancient Greek or Roman physician used the term "passivus" to refer to what Asperger and Leo Kanner described as "socially programmable". "Passivus" in Latin means subject to influence, passive (being the object of external forces), subject to change.
In my view, women are by nature ususally more passive than men and this you can see also through "mimicry" (expression of the face, smiles, frowns, eye-movement). I found that female facial mimicry is more pronounced than in men. That makes sense if we view females as more passive. It would even develop the argument as to why women in various patriarchal societies faced discrimination, i.e. due to passivity (also only passive homosexuality was discriminated against in Rome - not homosexuality per se)
Next point: Some autistic people are exceptionally non passive. Their mental health struggles are rooted in their pathological resistance to social programming, family conditioning or external influences. Just like cats, I believe. On case study Fritz V, it's clear a regular state school found no viable way to "teach" him:
"Fritz V. was born in June 1933 in Austria and was sent to Hans Asperger in autumn of 1939. The school referred him as they considered him "uneducable" by his first day there."
As you might expect, such autistics as Fritz have low facial mimicry, dull eye expression, mask-like expression. They are pathologically independent, resist emotionally communicated cues and stimulae. Such people as Fritz in modern societies may well not even be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and the current A.S.D. diagnosis is, in my view, too broad and could cover symptoms too vaguely.
When I consider Asperger's as a possible diagnosis, "animalia animo passiva" I view as a major factor. Did the individual pathologically resist social conditioning and was school disrupted? Were there family cohesion problems?
I found actor Anthony Hopkins - who was diagnosed with mild Asperger's - did actually have major difficulties at school and was ridiculed as "stupid". I had been skeptical till I looked at his background (major school disruption). Hopkins also had some tense family relationship issues. To add icing to the cake, he adores cats, as I found is common in Asperger's, since cats are non-social, solitary animals.
For me it was more severe. I could never have made connections to be an actor, or even act. I do think, though, I could have directed (ability-wise). I share Hopkin's interests in piano and cinema. Your level of social disability, as the case may be, may depend upon what support you got in the earlier years and how pronounced your "disconnection" from the environment is. Open to debate if mine was a wasted life. Accomplishments, yes, but never been able to hold down a job, except once as a security guard.