I am in the “i dont have autism, i am autism” camp because i consider stereotypical autistic behavior to be “autisms”.

When neurotypicals start saying “they or everyone also have a little autism” what i understand is they have 1 or 2 autisms but besides those scenarios they are completely within classic norms. The difference then with someone like me is there is no situation in my life where i am not actively experiencing one or more autisms. I have never known anything else and is therefore a core part of my identity.

This said, i would so much prefer that everyone used the term neurodivergent instead and left the term autism for professional medial diagnosis only.