Criticism of Broad Autism Phenotype.

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I have some criticism of Broad Autism Phenotype.

Broad Autism Phenotype seems to blur the lines between a neurotypical that has persistent autistic traits and a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Tha argument can be made is if s person has a diagnosis or not.

There are also some people that have Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder that have symptoms similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder, but they may not meet full diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

It's just so confusing.

I pretty much ignore the "professional" descriptions of types and labels. I have not heard of any definitive reason for what is called Aspergers which I consider a simple neurological variant and not some as yet undiscovered pathology. While classical autism has definitive and observable brain damage or malformation, sweeping every thing undefinable into the same category to me simply declares the desire to maintain an authority and a show of expertise that is unjustified.