how do you determind how autistic someone is?

Question: how do you determind how autistic someone is?
- Keywords:
  autism,
  diagnosis
Asked by anon-220959 to David, Nina, Matthew, Kate, Ettie on 19 Jun 2019.
- Matthew Bareford answered on 19 Jun 2019:
  
  My son is on the ASD spectrum. In terms of being autistic, its not ‘how autistic you are’ but more which traits of it you have.
  
  For instance, two people are both autistic, one of them can remember anything they see, and are an amazing artist, but they cannot work a normal job or interact with many people.
  the other has a normal memory, but struggles a little bit in a social situation. they have a small amount of friends, and have a normal job, but they struggle with noises and wear ear defenders.
  
  Which of them is ‘more autistic’? – the answer is they both are. they just show it differently.
  
  In terms of autistic traits, these are something which is assessed by multiple people and then put before a panel of doctors who then look over the information and discuss it all, before making a diagnosis based on set criteria.
- David Wilson answered on 20 Jun 2019:
  
  This isn’t something I know very much about but i’m so glad Matthew wrote that great answer. It’s a lot of fun learning from other Scientists about their research and experiences.
- Nina Rzechorzek answered on 21 Jun 2019:
  
  Great answer from Matthew. In the clinic they use a range of tests but each of these has their limitations. This website covers some of the different types of autism:
  https://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/criteria-changes.aspx
  And there is an awesome collaboration of scientists in Edinburgh all working on disorders like this at the Patrick Wild Centre (I have met many of these scientists and they are seriously passionate about the work they do)
  
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Question: how do you determind how autistic someone is?

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