Asd level 1?

and15
and15 Community Member Posts: 74 Contributor
in Autism and neurodiversity
Hello

Please excuse my ignorance but what is asd level 1 I am getting conflicting info is this the former term aspergers?
Thank you

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  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,848 Championing
    Hello @and15

    Yes, that is what it was originally termed. The National Autistic Society has lots of information about the different levels which you may find helpful to read :) 
  • Bettahm
    Bettahm Community Member Posts: 1,441 Championing
    I like when I got diagnosed that they refused to put a label on it, just said I was autistic, and all autistic people are different, the labels can merge so you can be 1 with some 2 for instance, no 2 autistic people are the same they just have the same traits in varying degrees. The DSM is to assist the diagnostic people with a general diagnosis (which will, maybe unfortunately, place the person in one of those groups). Another label is the awful 'high functioning '.
  • and15
    and15 Community Member Posts: 74 Contributor
    Thank you,I got my diagnosis and it said autism level 1 and I was a bit unclear about the level 1 part but it has helped your responses thank you

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