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That series of analogies is absolute garbage and you know it.
It does kinda fit. The main part that changes between the "levels" of a diagnosis is the severity of symptoms and how much they impact your ability to take part in society. If car and SUV are too close for you, then we can also compare a normal car with a three wheeled one. Its kinda different but still the same. Everyone but the most pedantic person would categories it as a car.
It doesn't mean everyone needs the same accommodation, but that's also the case for someone with a broken pinky vs a broken neck.
The car, podium and such analogies are bad and you're confirming my point. Your last analogy is good and it highlights why differentiating is hugely important.
When I say "I broke something" we do not look at a pinky toe or a broken neck the same and doing so is an affront to either of those people.
Of by broken is assume a pinky toe it's insulting to those with broken necks and their level of disability in comparison. If we all assume it's a broken neck we treat those with the broken pinky with far more attention than they require.
I am saying with someone who has kids on both ends of the spectrum, continuing to hear from L1 people while L2/L3 people in many ways lack the capacity to join the conversation is harmful to all parties.
Yes there are similarities which is why I get the DSM V changes but from real lived in world experience they are not the same thing.
So I do my part to highlight this not because I am challenging OP, but I am making sure the autistic people like my younger son that does not have the capacity to join the conversation is heard and their opinions matter and their voices matter and we do not have their representation nor are we asking for it and that is fundamentally wrong.
What analogies?
Those are examples of other conflationary ambiguing terms that are annoying.
Of course I just made up conflationary and ambiguing. I don't know if they're the proper terms.