There should be more work done on sub-classifications and grouping of different sub-conditions. Interesting that you say that, as recently, society has moved i

There should be more work done on sub-classifications and grouping of different sub-conditions. Interesting that you say that, as recently, society has moved in the other direction (dropping Aspergers as an independent diagnosis, instead lumping it in with ASD, for example). As another parent of an autistic son, I at least partly agree. The label "autism" on its own is mostly useless. The individual symptoms are much more useful to identify and work around/treat. But, that would just leave you with a laundry list of things to write/say/describe, so also of limited value outside medical/professional contexts. "He's autistic" vs "He has a severe executive functioning deficit, moderate OCD, mild ADD, stims in this particular way, and doesn't make eye contact with strangers."