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12 Aug 2011, 5:44 pm

littlelily613 wrote:
SuperTrouper wrote:
AS does NOT mean HF.


AS does not necessarily mean mild, but it is on the high-functioning end of the spectrum.

On the dsm V website it says:

-That Asperger disorder is not substantially different from other forms of ‘high functioning’ autism (HFA); i.e. Asperger’s is the part of the autism spectrum with good formal language skills and good (at least Verbal)

So according to the people who design the diagnostic books, Asperger's is HF (but again, not necessarily mild).

It is also important to note that high-functioning does not necessarily mean a person is completely independent.


Should be noted that they say "Asperger disorder is not substantially different from other forms of ‘high functioning’ autism (HFA); i.e. Asperger’s is the part of the autism spectrum with good formal language skills and good (at least Verbal) IQ." - they are identifying "high-functioning" as having "good formal language skills" and "good IQ", not in the sense of "can dress himself / take a bus / go shopping/ etc. without help"



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12 Aug 2011, 9:57 pm

AlexWelshman wrote:
I think it's very unlikely, but there are people who've had a speech deley, but other than that are very Asperger.


A speech delay=classic autism. That is just how it is. While there usually are some minor differences, many researchers would argue that in adulthood Aspergers and "HFA" (I am using this term for convenience's sake only!) are almost indistinguishable.

AlexWelshman wrote:
And there are people who didn't have speech deley who seem more like autistic disorder.


They might have AD. Most people with AD do have speech delay, but it is not necessary. It just requires some delay in social communication (not necessarily speech delay exactly)

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Do you think if someone had a speech deley, but other than that they fit the critiria for asperger, would that mean they were just hfa?


Yes--either that or PDDNOS (if they do not fit the rest of the criteria for AD). This is because, if you look in the dsm-iv, one of the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers is that there is NO speech delay.


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