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I’m sorry what? This is a new concept in neurology to me: a new type of nervous system that cannot learn beyond a certain point?
Every time I hear the current “wisdom” about autism, I thank god I wasn’t diagnosed until adulthood.
I told my dad I trained my cats to sit and wait quietly for dinner. He said “but you can’t train cats”. I said “You can train anything with a brain”.
Same way here, I am deeply skeptical of this “skill cap” concept you just mentioned. Is there any science on that?
I think the reason the idea of a "skill cap" feels instantly incorrect is because there is obviously no point at which any human "stops learning". There will always be more to learn an more that someone (autistic or not) can learn.
The skill cap applies to specific metrics of measuring skill gain.
A large number of people with "level 3" autism who are non verbal will never learn to communicate verbally as fluently as non-autistic verbal people, even with decades of supportive education. But that doesn't necessarily mean they have a "communication skill gap", there's a lot of communication skills that can and will be developed with the right support. But expecting someone in that situation to "try harder" and "learn to talk" is unrealistic, when the more achievable goal should be "learn to effectively communicate".