What's the difference?

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You've missed my point. My point has nothing to do with autism and Asperger's and their traits. It's about the meaning of the word verbal. The proper contrast is written versus spoken. Written and spoken language are both verbal; both use words. Spoken language has more non-verbals, thus my statement that written language is more-verbal than speech. I'm not arguing with your point, I'm saying "verbal" isn't the right word.

I think you're relying on a personal experience and a wrongly defined term. The fact is there is no real difference, but most people define HFA and AS as a speech delay or none. It has nothing to do with writing ability or even spoken ability (if speech is present) in adulthood.

I have high fuctioning autism. It is more easy for me to comunciate by writing and tyeping.

Well, since you looked it up, you know that's not the only definition, despite quoting it like it is.

The term non-verbal communication does NOT refer to speaking words. It refers to everything besides. Verbal is the words. And since you looked "verbal" up, you very well know that verbal can refers to words, even if you are pretending that definition wasn't there while quoting another one.