Asperger's and High Functioning Autism (HFA)=Same?
I notice very often that these two diagnoses are lumped together. Should they be? I notice that most of the posters on this forum write brilliantly, but have an Asperger's diagnosis. If they are the same/similar, at least later in life (this is what I gather from most of the studies on the subject), why aren't there more posters who had an initial diagnosis of high functioning autism (or autism but not aspergers)?
From what I understand, HFA has never been an actual diagnosis. Prior to the DSM V, I think it was autism, Aspergers, and PDD-NOS. Some say that the difference between Asperger's and HFA is speech delays. Others have said that they are one and the same. Perhaps the best definition is that Asperger's is a type of HFA.
I don't know. I was given the ADOS test. I scored an 11. According to my results, the cutoff for Aspergers (even though that's no longer a diagnosis in the DSM V) was I think 7. The cutoff for "Autism Spectrum" was 10. So, I guess I scored lower on some traits than other Aspies. I don't know. I just say I'm "on the spectrum" or "autism". It's ALL autism, anyways.
Labels vary in time and space - they are illusory - you are illusory - I am illusory - does your question matter - do you matter - do you exist - I am theoretically born in the UK (Wales) in 1945 - earliest diagnosis savant syndrome by Nursery School Head Mistress 1949 - then childhood autism by a National Health Service General Practitioner 1950 - then witchcraft by Junior School Head Master 1952 - then autistic psychopathy by County Education Authority Psychologist 1960 - then 'probably autism spectrum disorder most likely aspergers syndrome' by a private consultant clinical psychiatrist commissioned by my employer (a Welsh county council) 1994 following a nervous breakdown at work - I have not been able to persuade the National Health Service to confirm the latter despite several attempts, the last being in 2012 - I can assure you I have some kind high performing autism as much by my deeds as my thoughts and my words and I believe it to be aspergers syndrome due to its characteristic interplay of OCD and ADD traits causing chaos in my head unless I call them to task, when they obey as good and faithful servants of my highest self - I had an estimated IQ of 'over 200' in 1960 and scored 'AA-AH6' in an Eysenck attribute distribution E175 numeracy: E155 spatial: E135 verbal in 1975 - so I'd say that's high performin'
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British National Autistic Society Webpage is the best explanation I have seen so far
www.autism.org.uk/18325
High Functioning Autism has always been a colloquial term
In the The DSM IV manual used from 1994 to 2013 Aspergers syndrome was an official diagnosis.
Is the current DSM 5 manual the Aspergers Syndrome diagnosis was subsumed into the larger Autism Spectrum Disorders diagnosis. Aspergers is still used as a colloquial term in areas where the DSM 5 manual dominates
In areas that use the ICD 10 Aspergers remains a official diagnosis
Aspergers is dropped in the beta version of the ICD 11 manual set to take effect in 2017
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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
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