In my lifetime a high functioning person with autism has gone from Asperger’s to PDD-NOS to ASD to Level 1 (some support needed) ASD. The levels are quite new.

In my lifetime a high functioning person with autism has gone from Asperger’s to PDD-NOS to ASD to Level 1 (some support needed) ASD. The levels are quite new. It used to be that only those with the most disability would be diagnosed. Now there’s a much larger amount who are on the spectrum - it’s insanely prevalent and has been, generationally. I know tons of autistic ppl whose parents are autistic and not diagnosed - their kids know because they’re diagnosed, and the “quirks” of the family are often just autistic traits.