High Functioning Autism and Aspergers
nick007
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I had a slight speech delay but became pretty good verbally after abit except I had problems pronouncing certain sounds that required speech therapy till I started high-school; high verbal vocabulary thou I sometimes say the wrong words due to my dyslexia. I never been much of a visual person but I do have a low vision disorder & I have problems with my brain not processing things I do see. I say I'm an Aspie sense I seem to fit the profile minus having Aspie or autistic strengths. Would I be HFA with the slight speech delay?
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Hmm, I'm aware of the issues distinguishing between the diagnoses and how they were given inconsistently, because the DSM stated that as their reasoning for the changes in the DSM-5. I know that AS and HFA are often considered equivalent to the diagnosis of ASD level 1 under the DSM-5.
Was it a recent article? As far as I know, the DSM and ICD are the only manuals used for ASD diagnoses and as ASPartOfMe mentioned, ICD-11 won't be out until 2017 and they still seem to be debating whether they're going to keep AS as a diagnosis.
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For me, it all depends on the 'function' to classify whether I will perform at high function or low function.
For example, I can do a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 10-15 minutes, but it takes me half an hour to tie my shoelaces or put a key on a key-chain.
I can philosophise and theorise for hours at a high level, but when it comes down to practical living skills, social communication and basic 'street smarts' I just cannot cope.
People have said I am 'high functioning'....yeah, they haven't seen my numerous bad days yet when I can't function at all.
So, I have developed the term 'mid-functioning' (I don't know if such a term exists)... I can do some things and limited things very well, but everything else I am basically crap at.
So, I have developed the term 'mid-functioning' (I don't know if such a term exists)... I can do some things and limited things very well, but everything else I am basically crap at.
Mid-functioning is already used by autistics. I am higher than mid-functioning but not quite high-functioning either.
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