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Mine (as of last week) is Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1. Asperger's syndrome is the old name for the same thing, mostly ditched because it doesn't make sense to just decide that an arbitrary segment of the same continuum of symptoms needs a whole other name (especially when people on the border between Aspergers and Autism would get a different diagnosis depending on who you asked, because it was so poorly differentiated). Some people also object to the name because Hans Asperger worked with the nazis, but it's mostly because it doesn't make sense as a separate category.

Level 1 can be referred to as "High functioning" or "low support needs". I've seen some people say we shouldn't say "High functioning" any more, but I don't see a real problem with it, and my assessor used the term so apparently it is still used by some professionals. "Low support needs" is also commonly used (and seems more common on up-to-date official material), and some people prefer it because instead of categorizing people according to the function they can serve in society, it thinks about people in terms of how much help they need, which is less dehumanizing and more compassionate. Just like Hans Asperger, there are nazi-related objections as well - apparently the term originates in differentiating "high functioning" people who could serve a role in society from "low functioning" people who would be sent to the gas chambers. Nobody who was personally affected by those implications 80 years ago is actually objecting to the terms today though, so I don't really see why it should matter.

Basically, "High functioning autism", "low support needs autism", "level 1 autism spectrum disorder" and "asperger's syndrome" are all the same thing. The official diagnosis in most health systems is Autism Spectrum Disorder, but you might find it useful to specify that you're high functioning, and if you're talking to someone who isn't up to date on the terminology it may be easiest to tell them you have aspergers, because they might think that "autism" only applies to level 2 or 3 autism spectrum disorder (people who have much more visible symptoms and a lot more difficulty with day to day life, often including intellectual disabilities), which might confuse the person you're talking to.

I just say I'm autistic and have autism spectrum disorder level 1, because I like using the official terms for things and am comfortable explaining if the person I'm talking to has misconceptions, but I think it's fine to use whatever terminology makes things easiest for you. I also use the term "high functioning autism" if I need to explain what Level 1 means.

(While we're really getting into the weeds about terminology, there are people who prefer to say "I'm an autistic person", not "I'm a person with autism", because it emphasizes that autism is a core part of who they are, not something separate that they have. There's also people who prefer the opposite, because they want to emphasize that they are a person first of all, just like everyone else. Some people also prefer to call it a condition rather than a disorder, to show that there is nothing wrong with being autistic. I don't think I've seen anyone who has these kind of preferences actually get mad about it though, as far as I can tell people are pretty accepting of whatever works for you)

Probably Wayne Gretzky? I don't even know anything about ice hockey and I know he's supposed to be the most dominant player of any sport. Like he and his brother have the record for highest combined goals of any pair of brothers: 2,857 by Wayne, 4 by Brent. If you take away all his goals, he'd be the highest scoring player of all time on assists alone. There have been 13 times when a player has scored over 100 goals in a season in NHL history: Lemieux (once), Orr (once), and Gretzy (eleven times in a row). He retired last century and still holds 57 records. I'm not gonna keep picking out examples but there's a bunch more facts like this that sound like the old "chuck norris facts" meme but are actually true.

"If you don't know anything about ice hockey why do you have all these facts on hand?" - I remembered seeing this kind of list before so I did a quick Google.

Edit: I'm seeing some different exact figures for some of these, but the general principle stands and I'm not invested enough in hockey facts to nail down which numbers are exactly right.

new zealand has the most per capita superlatives of any country in the world per capita

Again? This was a headline in January as well. I guess people are gonna get mad every time they perform it now, and we'll get news stories every time people get mad.

I haven't read it, but it looks like Carrots Love Tomatoes (by Louise Riotte) is a good one.

I have a large collection of ebooks on many topics, which were mostly selected after researching what books were the best on their subjects at the time that I acquired them. I don't remember adding this one, but I'm sure I had my reasons, and it looks like it is considered a classic and has a 4.0 on goodreads. In the absence of replies with more personal recommendations, that might be a good place to start.

Edit: while rummaging through discussion of that book to try to ensure I hadn't given terrible advice, I found at least one person saying you're better off reading the ATTRA guide on the subject. The link they provided was dead but I believe this is the document they meant, so you might find it helpful too: https://www.theunitygardens.org/uploads/1/4/5/0/14506314/companion_planting_handout.pdf

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I came to the comments looking for context, but since nobody has provided it yet, did some googling. I believe this is the reference: https://news.sky.com/story/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-have-been-even-bigger-than-previously-thought-study-suggests-13184470

Autism coded characters are 100% a thing - I'd go a step further and say it's possible for a character to be Autism coded without the author realizing. Ultimately, all characters are based on experience (either the writer's own, or the experience of other writers they're influenced by), and I think it's fairly common for writers to draw on a particular archetype, inspired by someone they know or a character they've seen elsewhere, and implement that archetype without realizing that their inspirations (and hence their derivative creation) are autistic.

One of the most famous ones is Abed from the TV show Community, who supposedly wasn't initially written to be autistic, but when everyone pointed out that he was it led the showrunner to realize he himself was probably on the spectrum as well.

I've seen people suggest that Peridot from Steven Universe is autistic coded as well (although I'm not sure it makes sense for her to be literally neurodivergent, since she is an alien rock and doesn't have actual neurology).

I feel like I had a bunch of examples of characters who are autistic coded but not confirmed to be autistic, but they're not springing to mind right now. I've thought about this before because a bunch of them are great characters that I resonated with before even noticing their autistic traits (or mine). Someone already mentioned Judah Mannowdog from Bojack Horseman.

Oh, I've seen people say Lilo from Lilo and Stitch is autistic coded, and I guess I can see it. Also, obviously Sheldon Cooper is a negative portrayal of autism that the creators will never admit is autistic because then they'd have to admit he's a mocking caricature of autism.

There are some great characters from one of my favorite shows who I'm pretty sure are autistic, with differing presentations. But, while I'm happy to identify as a fan of that show, and happy to identify as autistic, I worry that identifying as both at the same time is playing into some negative stereotypes about both groups. But one of the characters is really into rocks and the other is really into kites. Iykyk.

I briefly googled autistic coded characters to try to refresh my memory, but have only included characters I have personally previously formed opinions about, since that seemed to be what you were asking for. But if you just want a bunch of discussions and lists, googling "autistic coded characters" will get you a lot of different takes.

In general I feel like autistic coded characters are often better representation than explicitly autistic characters, because when a piece of media explicitly labels a character as autistic, they can often lean into making Autism their only personality trait, or even make it a selling point of the entire work. Autistic coded characters have the luxury of being an actual person that happens to be autistic, instead of a walking billboard for the writer's research on neurotypes.

if a lamppost is powered by poop, does that make it a shitpost

Goodbye

Aha, thanks! I guess that concludes this thread, as I don't really expect to get a dev chiming in explaining why.

It's not my preferred way of handling it but I don't have the energy to make a fuss. I guess if I click a link that needs to be http, I'll copy it to a browser, and if I post one I'll remind others to do the same. Probably won't come up often enough to care about.

At least you've satisfied my curiosity as to what was going on 😀

Edit: I was repeatedly told while trying to post this comment that the request timeout had expired. When the error stopped appearing, I had posted 4 copies of this message. I have deleted them but I apologize if they still spam your inbox as [deleted] or something.