@waterdogs:
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why are so many people with AS saying they are high functioning autistics??
Whether you like it or not, AS is categorised as a variant of autism, so people using that term are using it correctly. They are "high functioning" as in, for instance, they can live independently, and they have a form of autism, so they are "autistic".
The line between high-functioning autism and AS is largely determined by speech delays, although personally I think the line gets blurred. Where exactly do we draw the line from Autistic Disorder and Asperger's?
@danlo:
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People will insist that, in the end, it is all autism, but that shouldn't stop us from categorizing; having the one umbrella term of "autism" would be trouble, imho.
I agree with that, because there are differences in the autism spectrum. Yes, everyone is on the spectrum, but there can be quite a difference between someone on the higher end of the scale and the Rainman stereotype.
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23 Aug 2006, 7:22 am
