Different levels of autism?

Hi, 

I know they call it ASD, but are there different levels of autism? 

my assessor said you either have it or you don't? 

I can see there is like level 1-3 

is that depending on what support is needed? 
I get asked how severe is my autism? 

thanks 

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  • The 'severity' of autism in the individual is very often context-based. If you saw me giving a seminar on something I know a lot about, you would think that I was amazingly functional. Put me in a crowded area, however, where I could not escape, and where loud noises happened at random intervals and I would very soon be rendered entirely unfunctional,

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  • The 'severity' of autism in the individual is very often context-based. If you saw me giving a seminar on something I know a lot about, you would think that I was amazingly functional. Put me in a crowded area, however, where I could not escape, and where loud noises happened at random intervals and I would very soon be rendered entirely unfunctional,

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