Leaders in the autism community are lobbying for a change in the terminology or diagnosis. You have charities trying to provide support for the most negatively

Leaders in the autism community are lobbying for a change in the terminology or diagnosis. You have charities trying to provide support for the most negatively impacted, and then you have the highest functioning members of the community saying "stop trying to change us". It's like using the term paraplegic to apply to true paraplegics and people with a sprained ankle. Both may struggle to walk, but the underlying issue is entirely different. Using the example above, my kid is closer to paraplegic. But being in the community, I know kids with the sprained ankle too. Based on the comments in this thread, it seems many here think that most in the community have a sprained ankle. From this one study 54% are below or average IQ, with 31% definitely below. These 31% are the ones that will require lifelong care. We need to change terminology to differentiate, so the debates about whether an increase is actually an increase don't happen. The CDC provides stats on several diseases in real time - autism numbers came out this week for kids born in 2002 and diagnosed before 2010. Doesn't anyone question why this is?