More to the point maybe - what if you were? What if you went for a comprehensive evaluation and you were labeled as ASD level 1?
To my way of thinking that could possibly be useful to the degree that it was an accurate shorthand way to describe certain aspects of you, but it is just that and only that: it is a description not an explanation.
I can sort of see your way of thinking but what it comes down to is this. The appropriate intervention for someone with social issues differs wildly depending on the reason for those social issues. You can’t cure autism with exposure therapy any more than you can cure childhood trauma with social skill building. The cause of these things matters from a treatment perspective. And it absolutely matters from a research perspective.
I will add: I hung out in autistic women subreddits for a while, and almost all of them identified as being autistic with “CPTSD.” CPTSD, which is not in the DSM, is a label often applied to people with repeated childhood trauma. When you have such a high number of undiagnosed self-identified autistic people who were diagnosed with PTSD from childhood trauma, it makes you think maybe PTSD is the more appropriate diagnosis there. But there’s also the fact that autistic girls are at higher risk of experiencing childhood trauma, as are ADHD kids. And ADHD and autistic kids often have ADHD and autistic parents. It gets complicated real fast.
I guess I’m fortunate that my son’s autism “superpower” is a passion for Lego, videogames, and geopolitical strategic esoterica. When he was younger there was a period where we were concerned that we were in for a lifetime of counting traffic markings and meltdowns whenever we changed something in the apartment. But over the years he’s chilled out significantly and is more or less like any other kid his age (11). Just with some odd interests and mannerisms from time to time.
I feel like that’s a bit “pot calling the kettle black”.