We should stop using functioning labels do describe autistic people

1. Preponderance of evidence indicates that CDD is distinct from ASD.In approximately 1/3 of ASD patients, the regression of language is observed between 18-24 months of age with the appearance of autistic behavior. In childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), autistic regression occurs after 3 years of age, and mainly includes motor regression and a loss of bowel and bladder use.According to Kurita et al.4), EEG abnormalities are significantly more common in CDD patients than infantile autism patients.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://autism.lovetoknow.com...According to this website "Since CDD is so rare and resembles autism, correct diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Some children later diagnosed with CDD were first misdiagnosed with autism. Both CDD and autism share a similar set of language, communication, social and behavioral impairments. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, there have been studies suggesting that CDD may be a rare form of autism, which further complicated diagnosis. However, CDD has the following unique symptoms not shared by autism and other PDDs:• Normal development for two or more years• Sudden loss of previously acquired language, communications and social skills• Previous potty training lost and child is no longer able to control his bladder and bowel• Child begins to suffer seizures periodicallyhttp://patient.info...2. The new levels are not the same as "high functioning" or "low functioning" labels.The DSM 5 labels contain specific criteria related to communication and repetitive behaviors–and not related to the more common global interpretation of high or low function as related to intellectual disability and activities of daily living, which is highly subjective and misleading, as I pointed out in my previous arguments.If people think more "severe"/level 3 autism MUST have intellectual disability, than people are going to underestimate autistic children. Carly Fleischmann, Amy Sequenzia and Rhema Russell were all assumed to have intellectual disability. http://ollibean.com...https://rhemashope.wordpress.com...3. What should the terminology be?Anything that isn't "high functioning" or "low functioning", associated with intellectual disability (as people will wrongfully underestimate autistic children), or anything that's unclear, stigmatizing or has negative connotations.4. People labeled "low functioning" can speak for themselvesAmy Sequenzia, Carly Fleischmann, Ido Kedar, Rhema Russell, Amanda Baggs.Amy Sequenzia and Amanda Baggs are against being cured.http://ollibean.com...http://www.npr.org...However many parents have the mentality of "You don't speak for my kid. my kid will never be able to write a blog post."http://www.theautismdaddy.com..."What she wrote is our autism. It is the autism for many of the low functioning families that we know of. I read her post to my wife and then read some of the negative comments and one of them said "what if my autistic son read that?" and wifey's reaction was "I wish we had that problem..."First ArgumentThe scientific community may support the concept, but they don't support "high functioning" and "low functioning" labels. We are gaining a better understanding of autism. We learned that people like Carly Fleischmann and Rhema Russell don't have intellectual disability. Second ArgumentLevels 1 2, & 3 contain specific criteria but were not actual diagnoses until recently. "High functioning" and "low functioning" were never actual diagnoses and they do mean different things to different people. Refer to my 3rd argument in round 1.Third ArgumentPlease refer to "Second Argument". Fourth ArgumentI was trying to make a point that functioning labels can't tell you how well someone can function in society.Fifth ArgumentMany autistic people are told "you're too high functioning to speak for my child".http://community.babycenter.com...