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
I must admit I find this Quite confusing. My daughter was diagnosed under the CASBAT team and under went a lot of assessments and at the end we got a report (as big as a book) with all of her assessments in and a covering letter that explained the assessments and then says she was assessed using the triad of imparements and that her official diagnosis is Autstic. No mention of aspergers. we are now waiting for her to get a EHC as her mainstream school can't cope with her needs. The senco and women from our education department thins she needs a specialist autism unit