Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place. I'm just curious as to what is high functioning autism? I have been doing some research online as my daughter has been diagnosed as autistic (no mention of high functioning or aspegers as she is delayed everywhere) and we are now going down the path of getting a EHC as the mainstream school she is currently in isn't able to cope with her needs, even with a 1/1 teaching assistant at all times. As I have been doing some looking around online I keep noticing HFA and Aspergers and wondered if they are considered the same and what's the difference between that and ASD. Just wondered if someone could clarify this for me for future reference. I am fairly new to all this (dd was only diagnosed last December) so sorry if it seems silly. Just trying to understand all the different terminology
thank you
Thank you for the reply. My daughter was diagnosed under the triad of impairments and from what I have been told this is the old way to diagnose autism and as she has problems in all 3 areas they gave the diagnosis of autism and not Aspergers. It can get quite confusing but I spoke to NAS about this and they confirmed that in the old way to diagnose a person had to have problems in all 3 areas to be autistic, if they didn't then other conditions like Aspergers were considered