Well this is an interesting document. Haven't read it all yet, but there's good intro on the necessity of having both Social Communication issues *and* Repetitive Behaviours / Insistence on Sameness, and interesting comments on empathy (lines 22-30 page 18).
" .... in people with autism it is the cognitive component of empathy that is impaired (‘theory of mind’ or recognizing what others 25 may be thinking or feeling) whilst affective empathy (having an appropriate emotional reaction to/caring about other’s feelings) may be intact."
I *believe* I'm the other way round; I believe I have cognitive empathy but little affective empathy (but I have little affective anything to be honest!). So maybe I do need to look for an explanation for my life that isn't autism............rather than making the case for Repetitive Behaviours that are masked and were missed in the diagnostic interview.
Still looking forward to ADOS and its results though!