Sandy Draws Badly

Aw sandy those are great!

Off to find you on twitter...

Ps I was being a perfectionist about the ASD spectrum (not sure if it's as I have it or just have spent years teaching pupils with autism and am a bit picky about it!)

Aw Sandy I follow you on twitter and I love your artwork. I hadn't seen the mumsnet one before that's brilliant

Brilliant, just brilliant!

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For those not on twitter.

Sandy, your cartoons have just made me smile soooo much

I'd seen the terf accountant one when someone put it up here - "that Labour boy child"

More please!

Sandy did one especially for Mumsnet!

Love it! Thanks Sandy

twitter.com/smanningsw/status/968528621035032581

Properly laughing at ‘that labour boy child’ :)

(I have quite severe "must point out errors" myself, for some reason the linear spectrum didn't bother me here though. Wonder why )

Here you go sandy, I picked a favourite that no one can possibly pick at

That's one of those funny things I don't understand, perhaps because I'm autistic - corrections from me are never about a kick to the ego, and I never take them personally either. It's just a need to get stuff right!

Thanks @Agerbilatemycardigan.

Although, next time you decide to try and build up my ego and post one of my drawings can you chose one that won’t end up with my ego getting kicked in the tits as I get told how wrong I am.

Completely disagree with the autistic spectrum. That is not what it 'looks' like.

But otherwise, very good

^^ I've just attempted what I feel is a long rambling post on the Mermaids thread, but yes my issue with the ASD example is that it's not a line, and was going to post the colour wheel link but someone beat me to it.

I think what I was trying to say on the other thread was that nothing linked to a 'spectrum' is linear. Nothing about brains is linear. They're plastic and unique to each individual. This applies to people with autism and people without (the autistic brain presenting certain extra challenges for the individual, sometimes very severe, sometimes less so and as the comic shows, completely unique to the individual)

Brains however, can learn new things and change opinions based on experiences. (Again autism may present challenges in how much the brain is capable of learning depending on severity and areas affected.) Sex is binary though, with intersex.

I'd go as far as saying a spectral sphere is a better visual image but harder to put into 2D.

People with 'Mild looking' autism are often more self aware and so more aware of how they struggle with social norms resulting in a great deal of anxiety and loneliness.

pisacake, that’s why it’s a spectrum, and why it can be difficult to diagnose. For example, someone who may appear “mildly affected” may have just learnt that responding to sensory pain results in punishment and criticism, or they may simply respond in a less conventional way that isn’t recognised as a pain response. From the outside that looks “mild”, but I would argue that that person may be far more affected than the autistic who reacts immediately and can be removed from the stressor. The variable for looking mild versus looking high functioning, is usually whether or not the person has an additional learning difficulty as well (most autistic people don’t), rather than anything to do with quantifying their autism.

“Mild looking” Autism is linked to a 9 times higher than average suicide rate in autistic adults. I don’t think that’s a mild statistic. Autistic adults are often told how mild their autism must be, with no knowledge of diagnosis or severity of any issues.

Whether it is useful or not (and I don’t think it is), it is not what the autism spectrum represents. Hence the objection (that was gracefully responded to).

I don't think it's fair to say there is no concept of a spread between mild and severe autism - it's not on or off in the sense of having a blood test or something, and while some people might be judged autistic by 10/10 psychologists, others might not earn that diagnosis from all experts as it is subjective.

I love it. Have been really enjoying Sandy’s cartoons when they pop up on my Twitter feed.

For a more detailed take on the autistic spectrum, I really like this one: the-art-of-autism.com/understanding-the-spectrum-a-comic-strip-explanation/

Explains why someone like me (Aspergers, high IQ) can be completely non functional in some situations.

I do get that it’s not meant to be an in depth analysis. I am like above poster, ‘but but... must correct everything!’

Thanks, Quentin. It’s a common misconception