RoundSparrow<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismSpectrumDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutismSpectrumDisorder</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/GenderSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakeGenderRoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeGenderRoles</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/FWakeOvertonWindow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeOvertonWindow</span></a> </p><p>I think there is a "Overton Window" that is why so many <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Doctorates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doctorates</span></a> can't nail down exactly what "Autism Spectrum" is, and "ADHD Spectrum", and a whole slew of related issues.</p><p>I was reading the postings on Facebook the author of this book:</p><p>"Context Blindness: Digital Technology and the Next Stage of Human Evolution (Understanding Media Ecology, 10)" – January 25, 2022<br>by Eva Berger (Author), Lance Strate (Series Editor)</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/EvaBerger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvaBerger</span></a> has brought <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/MediaEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaEcology</span></a> right into the topic of autism.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/NeilPostmanWasRight1985" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeilPostmanWasRight1985</span></a> "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.</p><p>I think that our lifestyle high in electric media content could be exposing genetic differences that have made <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismDiagnosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutismDiagnosis</span></a> a battleground between:</p><p>1. Hardware. genetics / DNA</p><p>2. Microcode. RNA Conformation / <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RNAConformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNAConformation</span></a> / "Environmental Influences on Gene Expression"</p><p>3. Firmware. Religion, languages, education, parenting, clergy, school, wartime vs. peacetime. Oceanside vs. inland, etc, etc.</p><p>3. Software. books, television, social media, films. Acquired knowledge, experience, mentors, teachers., friends, family, parenting, marriage</p><p>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.</p>