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Higher Level ASD - What does it mean

VickiE4

I have a 4.5 year old son who has been diagnosed, as possibly, being higher level ASD. A number of interventions have been put in place and we are now waiting for a review to confirm or not diagnosis. 

 

I don't seem to be able to find information on what HL ASD actually means in terms of lifestyle etc. Can anyone enlighten me?

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  • if you are going strictly by the DSM or ICD there is no such diagnosis as HFA or LFA. Just autism, Asperger, childhood disintegrative disorder, PDD-NOS, and Rett's.

    High-functioning autism (HFA) is an informal term applied to  people who are deemed to be "higher functioning" than other autistic people, by one or more metrics. There is no consensus as to the definition.HFA is not yet a recognised diagnosis in the DSM or the ICD-10

    high functioning" is a clinical term, commonly used, to describe those at the milder end of the autism spectrum who have had speech issues

    The amount of overlap between HFA and aspergers is disputed. Some researchers argue that the two are distinct diagnostic entities, others argue that they are indistinguishable.

    There are many people on the spectrum myself included who have got married had children and do well,but there will be others like my youngest who will always need support.

     

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  • if you are going strictly by the DSM or ICD there is no such diagnosis as HFA or LFA. Just autism, Asperger, childhood disintegrative disorder, PDD-NOS, and Rett's.

    High-functioning autism (HFA) is an informal term applied to  people who are deemed to be "higher functioning" than other autistic people, by one or more metrics. There is no consensus as to the definition.HFA is not yet a recognised diagnosis in the DSM or the ICD-10

    high functioning" is a clinical term, commonly used, to describe those at the milder end of the autism spectrum who have had speech issues

    The amount of overlap between HFA and aspergers is disputed. Some researchers argue that the two are distinct diagnostic entities, others argue that they are indistinguishable.

    There are many people on the spectrum myself included who have got married had children and do well,but there will be others like my youngest who will always need support.

     

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