difference between high medium and low functioning autism

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I scored 10 points higher (under 90) on Raven's test.

I got a 163 on RAADS and 9 on AQ-10.
They're just numbers.

I have mild to moderate autism, which basically means that I am on the borderline lower which classifies as mild autism.


My intelligence is pretty normal, I have a hard time going out in public, I don't get a long with people and the same way around.

I would rather wished I had more of a a milder form or Aspergers, It would of made my life easier.

Can't really say if it would be easier to have a milder form or not since I'm not you, I can only say I'm high functioning and it is NOT easy.
When you are able to act (and I say act to mean that you are acting, not being yourself) "almost normal" people expect you to be just like them, get annoyed when you are quirky and they don't cut you any slack.

Its also tough having a high IQ and being an Aspie because when you say things that you think would be good and instructive, they get angry. My therapist says it's because when you explain stuff, in minute detail as we're prone to do, it's like you're really telling the other person that they're stupid. I don't mean to say that at all, but I am told that's how it comes across.

I think whatever we have we need to learn to embrace, not wish we were something we're not. I'm middle aged so I've had a lot of practice and I'm still trying to learn to do that. Some good days, some bad, especially holidays which I always spend alone.

I use preponderance of evidence, not one study using one test, to suggest that higher IQ and verbal skills as measured by a variety of tests in multiple studies are associated with higher adaptive functioning.
RPM is a valid test of intellectual functioning, but it has its own deficiencies like any test including Wechsler, which requires too much communication for many autistic people to take.

Are you implying that NVLD is a form of autism?

I would very much like to know which IQ test is even valid at such a high IQ.

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I don't believe in functioning levels.

Mild Autism - Normal Verbal Skills, Fewer Repetitive behaviors, Atypical social interactions.
Moderate Autism - Difficulty in verbal communication, Social Dysfunctions, May have behavioral problems.
Severe Autism - Severe deficits in verbal communication, Behavioral extremes, Impairment in social skills.
I'm kind of in between Mild and Moderate. But I am more Moderate. So I consider myself Moderate.

Some Autistic people prefer to describe themselves rather than use functioning labels.
If I had to describe myself.
My Autism effects me a lot, I am very smart, I have very repetitive behaviors, I have social dysfunctions, I have very intense obsessions, I have difficulties in communicating verbally, and I have poor social skills.
I like this way of doing it a lot. Than you can add a functioning label to it if you like.

Try to avoid functioning labels and describe yourself in a few sentences like I just did.

Even though the high-functioning label describes me the very accurately, I hate these labels. I know people with "moderate to severe" autism are usually more intelligent than they get credit for.