Moderate Autism vs AS / Mild Autism.

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Well, it's a little bit of a gray area to me.
People who read my posts would probably figure I have mild autism.
People who meet me in real life for the first time would probably think I have closer to severe autism.
I'm mainly nonverbal.
I look inattentive when I'm listening to people.
Def have learning disabilities.
Have to have someone with me at all times when out someplace or will get lost and maybe step into traffic.
I think my meltdowns are probably more frequent and more severe.
I am probably a lot more leery of people when at a mall or someplace like that.
But at the same time kind of oblivious to things around me.
More difficult to handle. Like if I am driven someplace, like a casual get together at someone's
house I might lock up with fear and refuse to get out of the car and we have to go back home.
I can't do buttons very well, or tie shoes etc. Tend to put stuff on backwards or inside out, so
it is usually easier and quicker just to dress me, even though technically can do it on my own.
In a lot of ways I am like a 13 year old toddler, I need a lot of assistance and supervision in areas.
I have to have an assigned helper at school to make sure I get to classes and have what I need.
Etc.

But with all that, I am not severely autistic. But I am also not mildly autistic either.
Hope that explains it good. Still figuring out parameters myself.

I think he means that people easily consider others' problems mild. ...Or that he has severe autism among other problems.
(Wow we are no good at this, Captain NT, help us out!)