Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog! For this weeks post I will be writing about autism and it’s connection to aphantasia. I got this idea from an Instagram post I saw, (which I will link below) so this is one of those topics where I don’t know much about it so I’m learning right along with you as I write this!
So basically aphantasia is when one is short of “minds eye” and has a hard time visualizing images in their heads. Like for example, if someone tells you they’re going to a restaurant, you can easily visualize the restaurant in your head. Unlike people who have aphantasia can’t do that. What does this have to do with autism you might ask? Well, some research done in 2020 showed a correlation between aphantasia and autism. “Aphantastics reported more autistic traits than non-aphantastic controls”. -@theautisticlatina on Instagram. This is persistent with present autism criteria when it comes to a diagnosis, especially with mentally manipulating 3d images. Interesting fact! This study also focused on autism’s connection to synesthesia, (which is when you experience one of your senses through another according to Wikipedia), as well! There isn’t much known information about aphantasia, as it was only made to be an official condition in 2015, and scientists have yet to catch up to study more on it. The causes of apanstasia are yet to be known, but some scientists think it may be trauma, which makes sense why it’s a common autistic trait. I don’t think I struggle with this, though. Here’s some emerging research according to the non Instagram source linked down below. (Referring to aphantasia). “This lack of mental imagery was described as early the late 1800s, yet it has remained a relatively unstudied phenomenon. Francis Galton first described the occurrence in a paper on mental imagery published in 1880. In addition to noting that people experience various degrees of vividness when describing their mental visual imagery, he also reported that some people experienced no visual imagery at all”. -Kendra Cherry from verymindwell.com. This is interesting that this source says scientists been researching this for that long, yet another source says the complete opposite. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments! So that’s about it for this post. I know it’s kinda short, but there isn’t much posts and articles I could find of it relating to autism. However, if you want to learn more about it, I’ll tag the links I used for this post. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you all next week! *A special announcement- I’m working on something exciting with an awesome person coming up this week that should be released in the next 2-3 weeks. Does anyone have any guesses on what it is?!* Email- [email protected] Instagram- @embracingmysuperpower Facebook- Embracing my Superpower Tik Tok- @embracingmysuperpower https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYIJORrbr6/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.verywellmind.com/aphantasia-overview-4178710
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