"Autistic Pride Day" is now a thing.
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I actually half wonder how often people are misdiagnosed for things like this without any consideration for potentially influential variables.
Like say for instance, if they're on any medication that might be flattening their affect or having other kinds of side effects, or any number of possible socio-psychological circumstances going on in the background.
With children, absolutely there is accidental or negligent misdiagnoses; 3x incidence from birth year 92 to 08 is more than just awareness. With teens and especially adults, there's a bizarre trend to enthusiastically self-diagnose, with the casual criteria overlapping with introverted habits or slight autistic traits. Makes it tricky to differentiate from an actual high-functioning who's well practiced at social rituals.
The spectrum should have been given a different name and separated from the condition. Makes it apparent at first glance who self-diagnosed.