> distinguishing between fine gradations of autism I'm not sure how useful that would be. It's hard enough to agree on a diagnosis of autism at all. Agreeing o

> distinguishing between fine gradations of autism I'm not sure how useful that would be. It's hard enough to agree on a diagnosis of autism at all. Agreeing on finer gradations would be all but impossible. And I'm concerned that "gradations" would lead people to think of autism as a 1D scale, when, as I'm sure you'd agree, it is anything but! Each individual experiences autism related challenges (stimming, difficulty in social interactions, sensitivity to noises, intellectual disabilities, mutism) to different degrees (and, as the article point out, these also vary day to day), and they also receive autism related talents (superior memory and ability to focus) to different degrees. And all of these are not all that correlated with each other. You'd need a 20 dimensional vector to truly establish "gradations". Instead, it might make more sense to establish for each individual in what, if any, areas of life they need possible assistance.