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11 Aug 2011, 1:16 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z1-MWb2hFQ&playnext=1&list=PL254673D42B9CD9D3[/youtube]



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11 Aug 2011, 1:20 pm

Looks like Autistic Disorder.


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11 Aug 2011, 1:26 pm

Just regular autism.



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11 Aug 2011, 2:11 pm

Why do I keep coming across posts that ask an opinion about a video - with no link!
Am i missing the link? is it still there? or has it been removed? If it's there.. why cant I see it!! !! This is becoming a pet peeve.


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11 Aug 2011, 2:39 pm

OddFiction wrote:
Why do I keep coming across posts that ask an opinion about a video - with no link!
Am i missing the link? is it still there? or has it been removed? If it's there.. why cant I see it!! !! This is becoming a pet peeve.

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z1-MWb2hFQ
It's probably just the embedded video not showing up on your browser.



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11 Aug 2011, 3:23 pm

tenzinsmom wrote:
Looks like Autistic Disorder.
Do you think it's high functioning, mid funtcioning or low functioning? I know low functioning's kind of out of the question isn't it?



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11 Aug 2011, 3:33 pm

AlexWelshman wrote:
tenzinsmom wrote:
Looks like Autistic Disorder.
Do you think it's high functioning, mid funtcioning or low functioning? I know low functioning's kind of out of the question isn't it?


It is impossible to tell if it is classic autism or something else just by this video, but I would say it likely is. Definitely high functioning though: held a job for 15 years, lives with a roommate, cooks, is verbal, etc. High-functioning doesn't mean mild. I would say he is more moderate maybe, but still HFA.


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11 Aug 2011, 3:39 pm

He's either PDD-NOS or classic autism because of the self-help delays. But it's not impossible that he's misdiagnosed Aspie; lots of us have self-help delays despite our AS diagnosis.

Reminds me a bit of one of the guys in my school's cleanup crew, actually. Exact same job.

As for LFA/HFA, there's little meaning in either one of those; so I couldn't really say. He's probably been called both by various people at various times. His level of independence is average for people with autism as adults.

Just for comparison, I'm diagnosed Aspie (on first diagnosis--I've also been called autistic and PDD-NOS; PDD-NOS is the correct category), and I'm a little better at living on my own than he is, but not by much--I have my own apartment and pay my own bills, but I just learned how to do the bills and things, and I still can't work. He's better at cooking than I am. Lucky guy has somebody to teach him.


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11 Aug 2011, 3:52 pm

Meh, higher functioning than I am. But, and yes I am sounding like a broken record, "high functioning" has no real meaning in itself. Neither does "low functioning." I don't care if you like the terms; they are meaningless without a comparison.



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11 Aug 2011, 3:54 pm

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Meh, higher functioning than I am. But, and yes I am sounding like a broken record, "high functioning" has no real meaning in itself. Neither does "low functioning." I don't care if you like the terms; they are meaningless without a comparison.
How are they meaningless, jusy ecause they're not diagnostic terms?



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11 Aug 2011, 4:05 pm

Pddnos, because you can't really fit him into one diagnosis.



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11 Aug 2011, 4:05 pm

Because no one defines what they mean. If you say high functioning, do you mean a person with a high IQ? What if they have a high IQ but struggle greatly with speech? What about a person who can drive some but can't cross the street? What about a person who lives alone but can't cook or clean without help?

There is a small subgroup of people for whom functioning labels work, but reality is that for most of us, they just don't. We're PEOPLE, we're not textbooks.



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11 Aug 2011, 4:10 pm

SuperTrouper wrote:
Because no one defines what they mean. If you say high functioning, do you mean a person with a high IQ? What if they have a high IQ but struggle greatly with speech? What about a person who can drive some but can't cross the street? What about a person who lives alone but can't cook or clean without help?

There is a small subgroup of people for whom functioning labels work, but reality is that for most of us, they just don't. We're PEOPLE, we're not textbooks.


Totally. No one can tell I have AS at times and treats me like a nutcase at other times. But mild? God, no.



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11 Aug 2011, 4:15 pm

SuperTrouper wrote:
Because no one defines what they mean. If you say high functioning, do you mean a person with a high IQ? What if they have a high IQ but struggle greatly with speech? What about a person who can drive some but can't cross the street? What about a person who lives alone but can't cook or clean without help?

There is a small subgroup of people for whom functioning labels work, but reality is that for most of us, they just don't. We're PEOPLE, we're not textbooks.
I agree with you now, but I have to add that no one could be able to drive but not cross the street. OK... I'll tell you how I'm mostly measuring it. I'm measuring it by how able the person is & how globel their disability if that makes any sense.



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11 Aug 2011, 4:16 pm

jamieevren1210 wrote:
SuperTrouper wrote:
Because no one defines what they mean. If you say high functioning, do you mean a person with a high IQ? What if they have a high IQ but struggle greatly with speech? What about a person who can drive some but can't cross the street? What about a person who lives alone but can't cook or clean without help?

There is a small subgroup of people for whom functioning labels work, but reality is that for most of us, they just don't. We're PEOPLE, we're not textbooks.


Totally. No one can tell I have AS at times and treats me like a nutcase at other times. But mild? God, no.
Please keep blasphemies off my things.



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11 Aug 2011, 4:27 pm

I can drive but can't cross the street without help. It's true.

My point, which you seem to be missing, is that "global" is a downright crappy way to assess people with autism. If I have skills that vary from far below average to far above average, what good does it do to say that overall, I'm "average," when that doesn't work because none of my skills are actually average!

And able, but at what? I can blow most of the world out of the water with an IQ test, but I am frequently nonverbal. My skills are so at odds with one another that you can't just say I'm HF or LF, able or not. I'm all over the place, as are most people with ASD.

Also, if you're going to post on a public forum, you can't request what people do and don't say. If they're going to blaspheme, you can't tell them not to. You're just got to make people angry at you if you call them out on it and they'll do it more.