Do you think the lady in this clip is mild, mod or severe?

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Do you think the lady in this clip is mild, moderate or severe?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16412889

Not sure. It was too short. Speech wise, she sounds high functioning.

[quote="delic"][quote="AlexWelshman"]Do you think the lady in this clip is mild, moderate or severe?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16412889[/quote]

On which aspect of Autism? socially I would say she's Mild, is the sensory aspect not considered separate now?[/quote]
You're right. I meant in general though. I must admit; I've never seen anyone like her whose so articulate but quite handy-capped @ the same time.

Personally, I think of severity in categories. It's not unusual for some Autistics to have severe symptoms in one area, yet be quite mild in others. She seems like one who is high functioning socially, but has severe symptoms in the sensory arena.

I wouldn't categorize her as mild or severe in a general sense. She's both at once. I see this kind of mild/severe stuff in my own kids. Each of them is mild in some ways, yet severe in other ways. It's quite common.

I agree with MrXxx. I have no trouble crossing a street, but I envy Alex Jordan for her social skills.

I think my daughter is a bit like that lady. She's very high functioning socially, very articulate with her speech and expressing herself. But, I think it will be a very long time before she can cross a road or navigate through a car park, unaided. Her sensory issues are pretty major and she never sees dangers where they are obvious to most other kids her age. That's part of the problem with trying to get people to recognise her issues. At school, she shouldn't ever be in a position where her life could be endangered, through lack of safety awareness, so they don't know the half of it and don't think her case is particularly urgent. Unfortunately, they are key to her getting an assessment and eventual diagnosis. But, when she's out with me, it's a constant battle to ensure she's safe.

I cannot say. Personally, I'm usually very aware of stuff around me, but sometimes driving I forget about blindspots. Walking, I sometimes get lost in thoughts or memories. But I've never been hit by a car. However, I've ridden my bike into a couple of parked ones before.
As for her speech, the clip didn't play for me. not sure why?

Sincerely,
Matt

This is very similar to our 20 year old son- he is very bright, very pleasant and brilliant with electronics. Although he is very afraid of being injured, he makes mistakes that could easily get himself or others hurt. He doesn't see what could happen if he does the wrong thing- not quite sure if it is lack of imagination, logic or if he just gets lost in his own thoughts.

Can I as also; what type of autism do you reckon she has?

From the intonation and cadence of her speech, and what she discusses I cannot pick her as having an ASD.
So I would say she is quite high functioning, and I would have said AS, except for the sensory issues are obviously bad enough to disable her, so I would just say HFA.

she seems to have perceptual difficulties that are revealed by her not seeing the uninterrupted flow of physical reality in front of her eyes (traffic flow), and she also seems to have impairment of judgement due to the fact that she was prepared to walk onto the road with inadequate perceptual confirmation of the safety of doing so, but she seems to have no conceptual difficulties, and she also is able to verbalize her thought processes to an adequate degree. she scratches the head of the dog without dislocating her concentration from her computorial attention which is indicative of single mindedness.

i can not judge her, but i would not think she is high functioning due to her deficit of judgement.

i would not think she would survive for long without stewardship of those who can fill in her lack of judgement.

I am surprised she is not in supported housing as that could help her.

As well as mental illness, I also have moderate-severe Asperger's Syndrome and I often fail to take care of myself in terms of cooking, dealing with mail etc. I also have a full-time support worker at university paid for by the government. I live in supported housing provided by the government/council. I used to be in 24-hour supported housing in 2009. Now I am in supported housing with carers that live down the road and checks in on me and the others every day for at least one hour. The carers teach me how to cook, take me to the shops when I am having problems, help me with the mail I receive, make sure I'm not neglecting myself etc. The main problem I have here is that I have to share with two others. I have been living at this place for 2 years and I am now more independent than I have ever been before, even if I am still not very independent at all. Although it has been said that I will need support for the rest of my life, but I will be moving in with my friend who also has Asperger's when I finish my university course.

Anyway, my point is is that this woman in the video is not getting enough support AT ALL and I am shocked at how little care she gets.