I just learned that our understanding of autism today didn’t start developing until the 60’s even though the term was coined in 1911. It used be a diagnosis for people experiencing hallucinations and delusions associated with schizophrenia.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757918/

I always thought the levels just described the amount of services and care a person would benefit from.

I figured I would come on here and ask you guys for your thoughts and to educate myself.

I'm learning a lot about myself... they keep telling me things like "autistic people don't get jokes and aren't empathetic"...

Damn, I guess I will have to reevaluate my life now... I'll have to remind myself not to make jokes because I won't understand them

(Please note: todays message has been sponsored by sarcasm. So much sarcasm)

Edit: On a side note, I just found out about Lorna Wing's outdated terms and I kind of love "active but odd"... I think I might have to reclaim that one to describe myself

I’ll start. Mines was falling down the stairs and breaking my arm. I was 2.