Not high or low, just "functioning"

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Is this a thing? I don't know, people who don't know what they're talking about compliment me on how "high functioning" I am, but it really doesn't feel like I'm high functioning. I'm also definitely not low functioning. I'm just functioning, getting through every day as best I can. Never had complete independence, not sure I ever will, but as long as there's someone to keep me propped up I feel like I can sort of make it.

I don't know very well about how to classify the functioning levels etc of autism, but could it be middle-functioning? I just read someone else's post in another thread and he/she said he/she was middle-functioning.

I don't know how to classify myself on the spectrum since my first appointment with a medical professional for my assessment is yet to come (in June). I regard myself as high-functioning because I have lived by myself for years and I am intellectually very capable. However, my social side of life affects me so badly that I can't even get close to achieving what I could in life. I'm facing the reality that if you are not liked (poor networking), people will try to drag you down. This makes me wonder if I'm really high-functioning.

I tend use the word 'moderately.' Especially so if I don't want to use a 'functioning' label (since some people don't like them): 'lightly autistic' vs. 'moderately autistic' vs. 'strongly autistic.'

But yeah, considering how many Auties get told 'high' or 'low' by different people at different times, I figure there should be a term for middle ground at the very least.