Quick Facts about “Asperger’s” (AA23)

Remember that I had a post a few days ago about classifications of autism — i.e., “mild” vs “severe”, or “high functioning” vs “low functioning”. Well, for some people, Asperger’s goes into those types of categories. Some quick facts about Asperger’s: -It’s usually utilized as a quick shorthand for “mild autism”. -It’s sometimes even utilized … Read more

Functioning Labels (AA23)

You may have heard someone say, “He has severe autism” or “They have mild autism”. You might have heard “She has high-functioning autism” or “He is very low-functioning”. In response to some backlash against these terms, there has even been a newer push towards classifying autism into “level 1, 2, and 3”. And, as I … Read more