There is the movement to describe anyone on this on other spectrum as neurologically diverse and I think they might be sympathetic to Robbie's classification.
'It takes all sorts' is a dismissive term used as a way of describing someone who is just odd or weird. It isn't a term that is generally used to celebrate diversity, but to dismiss it. It is so hard to see people think that someone you care about is rude, difficult or weird because they aren't neurotyoical. I didn't realise how important it is to acknowledge ASD as a disability until that poor woman got thrown out of a theatre for laughing too loudly. Then the BBC started featuring high functioning ASD on its disability pages and I thought yeah, if my daughter is going to have an ok life, this matters.
