How do you prefer to define it?

odd.avocaddo said:

How do you feel regarding the word disability? Do you prefer to call it a disorder or a disability?

It is both a disorder (ie it means out brains developed and didn't develop the input filters NTs have) and a disability (at least a diagnosis is primarily to give you the categorisation as disabled so you can seek help accordingly.

Hi Lain, thank you for answering. That's something I wasn't aware of.

Do you know if the level of ASD you have influences in the categorisation as disabled? I know it's a spectrum but I'm not sure if that matters. 

odd.avocaddo said:

Do you know if the level of ASD you have influences in the categorisation as disabled?

If you are diagnosed as autistic then you are disabled by definition (ie when they test you it is to see if it impacts you severely enough to be disabled).

The levels are to describe what level of support you need with 1 being the lowest support needs and 3 the highest. It is described in detail here:

https://www.autismspeaks.org/levels-of-autism

From what I've found in the eucap (European Council of Autistic People) in Spain disabilities are not recognised based on a diagnosis. As it says: "Instead of that, autistic people must pass a second evaluation of their disabilities and most of them don’t fit into any of the disability cases. Consequently, the autistic community must deal with their working life by themselves, without any help, support, or reasonable adjustments." 

So it seems in the UK are more advanced than in here. 

From what I've found in the eucap (European Council of Autistic People) in Spain disabilities are not recognised based on a diagnosis. As it says: "Instead of that, autistic people must pass a second evaluation of their disabilities and most of them don’t fit into any of the disability cases. Consequently, the autistic community must deal with their working life by themselves, without any help, support, or reasonable adjustments." 

So it seems in the UK are more advanced than in here.