I’m also convinced that a lot of people get diagnosed with autism who aren’t.

Autism is getting be like ADHD, a sort for catchall, but not for unruly ones but for people with social issues that don’t present other disorders like schizophrenia.

Autism tests are imo like any other IQ test. They only show you are good at doing the test, not much else.

Reason why autism diagnosis are imo very polluted with non-autists who pass the test for other reasons.

In the end looking for the autism gene will be fruitless till a diagnostic method has been developed to properly separate true autism from ‘whatever it is that resembles it to a degree’

I have been told that I might have Asperger’s but I don’t think I do and what you said here is why.

It is very difficult to create diagnostic criteria which accurately describe an altered state of consciouness.