I feel incredibly stupid. It never occurred to me that anyone would consider their child autistic unless he or she had been diagnosed by a licensed professional.
Even worse, then criticize the school system for labelling the same children.

Shaking my head in disbelief and anger that you would dare to compare your child's "symptoms" to the symptoms of children described here who in fact are autistic.

And preaching to them about the Gift of Autism.

No one here has belittled you. You have done a colossal job of belittling yourself and throwing into question every statement you have ever posted re: schools, autism, parenting, etc. Well done.