Was there ever a time in your life where you were LFA?

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Nope - I've always been high functioning.

I think I have always been high functioning. Even though I couldn't talk as a small child, I still understood what was being said to me and was able to follow the rules and listen.

Briefly, during periods of burnout, I could easily be mistaken for the "LFA" stereotype. But I think that this is true of most autistics.

I selected ''no'', but I think I went LFA for 2 days out of my whole life. I was 4 years old, and it was my first day of school. After being a typically developing baby and toddler, without showing no visible signs of typical Autistic behaviour, I seemed to have come down with a big bang on my first day of school. In other words, my Aspieness all came out at once on my first day of school. I wouldn't go near any other children, and I was evidentally so frightened of school (but couldn't tell anyone) that I acted very naughty, including physically beating the teacher up and making her cry. Think about it - a 4-year-old winning on an adult. I must have been VERY frustrated or angry. What got onto me???! !!
But after 2 days I calmed down again, and never looked back, and the teachers were all proud of me.

So I suppose I seemed NT from birth to 4 years and 5 months, then low-funtioning Autism for 2 days, then from then onwards, high-funtioning AS.

I selected no, but I am really not sure if I ever was or not. I may have been considered during my regression at age 3 when I became completely non-verbal. I might also have been mild-low functioning during a few of my mental regressions as I grew older too. I think most of my life I have been severe high-functioning to moderate-functioning.

In real life by people who know me and have met me in person - no. In fact it absolutely amazes them that I function so well considering what I have been through and the impact of genes on my life. People just wish I had a better attitude.

No, I'd carefully tag it as MFA before school-age. Or rather MFA to HFA? I'm merely taking a guess at the rating.

I was unable to understand what was being said/unable to listen ¾ of the time and didn't always react when addressed. I was unable to perform simple actions without guidance (brushing teeth, putting on my jacket) and unable to do more complicated things (wipe something up, comb my hair). When picked up from kindergarten, I had trouble to safely identify family members. As for recognising faces or remembering people, I couldn't either. I didn't exactly talking much, but I could answer very well when I was asked a question.

I didn't speak until I was four or five and my mom says I was more Kanner's like autistic than AS when I was really young.

I go through periods when Im worse than usual, when Im depressed or stressed out I tend to shy away from everyone and have a hard time conversing.

Not really.

No, I've always been high functioning, and before Aspergers was recognized, I was considered too high functioning for an autism diagnosis. It wasn't until my late 20's that I finally got a diagnosis.

I also selected no, but that's because when I become so withdrawn into myself that I consider myself to have "gone autistic" I can fake it well enough to get by, and people just think I am having a bad day. I usually can talk, at least enough to get a "I am just not feeling well" or an "I have a headache" excuse to get people to leave me alone.

It was actually this autistic behavior that finally showed me what was going on with me. Of all places, I went to WebMD's symptom checker, and a couple things strange kept popping up. One was Autism (and Aspergers) and the other was epilepsy. I started researching Aspergers and it fit me so well that I went to my psychiatrist and he had me evaluated. Since I had already done the research with my family for history, it was pretty easy.

Lately, I still have been having my moments. They usually are when I don't understand verbal or visual communication (writing). It is frustrating, but at least now, the people who count understand if I tell them I just can't understand and to give me a bit. Hopefully, when my stress level drops, I will be better - and at least I can still communicate through the net, even when I can't do any other way.

Yes.

I didn't really talk until I was seven years old, I remember clearly that I didn't fully acknowledge that other people were people, I had difficulty walking, I had learning difficulties, avoided eye contact, never played with other kids, couldn't eat solid foods, had no concept of personal hygiene, had constant meltdowns, etc. I improved slowly over time.

I'm very much high-functioning today (I'm awaiting diagnosis for AS), but as a child I was a more classic example of an autistic child, not as low-functioning as many, but certainly I was too oblivious to other people and unable to do very basic things to be able to function.

Oi vey, that's a loaded question.

It would totally depend on whose definition of low functioning you're using, I suppose. I am sometimes (often) nonverbal, but I can basically go to the bathroom and bathe myself and things like that.

If pressed into only a yes or no answer, I would say no.

I don't think so.