Published on 12, July, 2020
My council had autism on the application form and didn't specify it had to be a certain level in order to be registered disabled with them.
This site refers to autism as a developmental disability:
www.autism.org.uk/.../what-is-autism
This link regarding discrimination throws autism being classed generally (ie unqualified) as a disability into doubt.
I find this rather confusing:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/check-if-youre-protected-from-discrimination/what-counts-as-disability/
'The definition is set out in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010. It says you’re disabled if:
Is it a variable thing then according to what you are trying use the disability definition to achieve?
Is this because we are on a spectrum with varying degrees of functionality?
that impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'
Being unable to socialize---for whatever reason---is part of normal day to day activities and effects your mental well-being and in itself should be adequate reason.