The Spectrum Concept

Discussing elsewhere the “spectrum” word in ASD. Wondering how others feel about the word before the D word (disorder).

 Sorry but I don’t  identify as being part of some ego mad Drs interesting “spectrum concept” in a position on a range to be plotted on the chart and fawned over. There she sits right about there I am autistic, it’s who I am  imagine being on the black spectrum or the gay or depressed spectrum  on the Bi Polar spectrum or the Lesbian Spectrum  No

The word spectrum in my view helps the average people grasp that not all Autistic people are exactly the same. Why is that so hard to grasp that we need a fancy word. Are all black people the same shade of black? Are they a spectrum of black  I guess they are (my kids are black and this is not a racially motivated comment).  Yet we do not highlight this range of skin colour - black people are just referred to as black.

it just seems ridiculous that Autism being a range needs a special word because it’s so difficult to comprehend.

what do people think?

Don’t even get me started on the third part the “disorder”