As a father of a 15 year old girl with autism on the lower ability end of the spectrum I agree with some of what your saying. I feel that the &#x27;spectrum&#x27; is getting so wide that anyone that has any social issues, or has any odd habits is labeled as autistic now. It&#x27;s frustrating when I hear people that are fully functional in society and maybe just have a hard time socializing with people (probably because they grew up on facebook, etc... and never really interacted with real people) that say they are autistic. It is like the new ADHD. I spent the first 11 years of my daughters life changing diapers, usually with her fighting me the entire time. Wasn&#x27;t until she was 7 that she ever even called me dad. 15 now and can barely read Dr. Suess books or answer basic yes or no questions.<p>I worry that as more and more fully functioning people are added to the spectrum that it will result in less help out there for people like my daughter that really need it.