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I notice alot of people here who say their low functioning
are very good writer. Why is that,do LFA people have
better grammar skill than NT and mild aspie.

It's the best way for many LFA individuals to communicate, as most are at least predominantly non-verbal. I'd say along with practice, their brain probably tries to make up for a lack of spoken language in a way that may aid writing ability.

My primary mode of social interaction throughout my teens was on web forums, so I assume that accounts for it.

EDIT:Bah I read the topic as HFA, sorry I'm not LFA.

Where have you been on the Internet that people without are worse writers as a rule? 4chan and Yahoo Answers?

I don't think they're better writers, as a rule, but if writing is their primary way of communicating, I bet they get a lot of practice.

There are certainly some rather good writers with severe autism.

Some people on WP have severe autism and you can't tell from their writing styles, but a few have atypical writing styles, like playing with words or just writing in ways that are easier for them, like avoiding pronouns so as to avoid pronoun switching. Some Aspies have atypical writing styles, too, so it's not a trait you find just in people who had a speech delay or are non-verbal.

The one thing I notice about the whole spectrum is that we tend to write more, and more precisely. We don't depend on nonverbal communication and connotation, so we spell everything out. It can be a little annoying to have to wade through somebody's long posts when it's evident that a shorter post could have covered the topic adequately, but I write extremely long posts myself, and I can't very well get angry at them for doing it. To be succinct takes editing and skill. I don't know who said it, but it's true of me: "If I had more time, I'd have written less."

Well, for one thing, we're grammar nazis.
And spelling experts.

Not me

Er, what?

I don't see any particular substantive evidence for that. I don't know how you're judging functionality by posts, or by what criteria, but I've seen very few people here on WP refer to their level of external functionality specifically, only obliquely in personal anecdotes.

Virtually everybody who's diagnosed expresses multiple quality of life issues, which is why I maintain that IMO the term "mild" doesn't apply in actual practice - "mild" is not a degree of sensory impairment, rather, it's a measure of coping ability. If your autism seems mild, it's because your coping abilities are extremely sophisticated.

I know some will see that as a po-tay-to, po-tah-to argument, but I think the brain research will eventually bear it out.

I have been impressed by the knowledge and courage of people who state they are "low-functioning" or who state they have "severe autism." They have much insight into their condition. And they do provide assistance to other posters.

I am not exactly low functioning(due to autism anyways, generally I'd say I certainly am not what I'd describe as high functioning)...but much of the time I find it easier to express things in writing than verbally. Not sure exactly why this is.

I think you're a good writer, Bill, no matter what your functioning level.

I thought LFA WAS Aspergers ???

LFA is "low functioning autism" (ie the classic full blown kind of autism).

Aspergers is essentially HFA (high functioning autism) without the childhood speech delay. Nowadays aspergers is dispensed with and they just lump it with HFA.

So (within the spectrum) LFA is practically the opposite of aspergers.