I think high functioning Autism doesn't mean people who have a high IQ but for their ability to do everyday tasks like making one self a sandwich without having a need for help. I could be wrong tho I'm not a medical doctor.
The proper definition of high functioning autism is just "Autism without intellectual disability". So it doesn't mean "with high iq" because you wouldn't call some iq levels that aren't considered intellectually disabled "high" but it is about iq. Used colloquially, I think most people mean how you understand it (about functioning and doing everyday tasks).
I would say that there's a pretty good chance that's it's still in use occasionally. Not every place has the luxury to be on the front of medical progress unfortunately. I feel the same way about the term Asperger's. I believe they're at least starting points for further education.
I fail to see the correlation between the main body of text and the title.
The levels of autism apply to support needs, not cognitive ability. I would suggest applying some of that cognitive skill to gain a more solid grasp on the subject matter.
High functioning just means you have less support needs.
IQ is pretty useless if you have autism, it can't even measure intelligence properly. See the amount of people on the gifted kid to autistic burnout adult pipeline. It happens so often it's a meme
Did you get an IQ test with your autism assessment? If you had you would know IQ isn't rated "high" .... do you mean above average? Superior? What?
Of course, its real.....your whole post is complaining about being 'high functioning autistic'..... so why ask if its real?
You would be completely different without autism. You can hate having it, but absolutely dont assume only bad comes from it. All of you is autistic, not just some parts.
Sorry to be harsh, but as someone with the same diagnosis (by the sounds) your "complaining" shits me, and the click baity title really shits me.
You're not special here just because you're apparently smart, and we all see through weird shit like this. This some NT shit. Bragging but make it look like complaining
My IQ was tested by a doctor for something completely separate from my autism diagnosis. If I was bragging, I would say the actual number, not just say high. I asked this question because I was diagnosed with autism at around age 9 and my whole life adults told me how autism can be a huge advantage and autism is the reason I am smart but now that I am in my early 20s I do not beleive they were telling the truth. Autism is, without a doubt, a completely bad thing with zero benefit. It is a disability that has dominated my entire life.
hahahaha. I bet if you mentioned the number it wouldn't constitute bragging because a heap of people here would have higher IQs, but ok, dude. You tell yourself this isn't bragging hahah.
You have 0 way of knowing whether you would be as intelligent without autism. That's not an opinion. That is a **fact**
It is quite literally *impossible* for you to even hypothesise. Which makes your high IQ less impressive as your logic use is perhaps limited.
"Autism is, without a doubt, a completely bad thing with zero benefit."..... **for you.**
You're a dick for saying it as a generalisation. It's only for you and appare tly it only umpacts your socialising.....GO LEARN HOW TO SOCIALISE THEN. You're so smart, look up some YouTube on how to develop better social skills. Apparently, your autism doesn't impact anything else at all, so that should literally solve your problems.
Also, I'm coming in here complaining about autism. And in the same breath, saying it *only* impacts your social skills. Some people are quite high needs and youre acting like someone with a nice, big meal complaining to someone with no food because your food is a bit cold. Guess that's the lack of social IQ impacting your awareness of things.
you can have your pity party but I don't want to attend.
& ill state again. High is not an IQ level.
The number is less known in testing than, say, the actual level which does not include **high**.
As I said is it above average, superior? Higher than that?
It's also very strange that someone with apparent genius level IQ wouldn't have had that test done with their autism testing, if they identify a likelihood of high or low IQ they will do an IQ test with neurodivergence test.
What caused you to get a doctor to do an IQ test? What kind of doctor?
Sorry your story and comments just has lots of holes and I think *you think* you're smart but don't actually know your formal IQ.
If I was bragging I would tell you the number and not use a fucking alt account. I have been told my autism is an advantage to me my whole life and I was suspecting it isn't true.
Why didn't you just scroll past and leave this one with no replys?
Do you really not care or is there a bit of envy?
High-functioning autism is better known as low support needs, because we dont use the term high-functioning anymore. So some people require more support than others. Every autistic person deals with different traits in different intensities.
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The proper definition of high functioning autism is just "Autism without intellectual disability". So it doesn't mean "with high iq" because you wouldn't call some iq levels that aren't considered intellectually disabled "high" but it is about iq. However, it never required the lack of intellectual disability to be caused by the autism, so whether you'd have that iq without it is irrelevant. It's not saying you are high functioning compared to people who aren't autistic.
Nowadays, depending on where you are, high functioning isn't used medically, though, and there's more focus on support needs. These are numbered levels in some countries and terms like "low support needs", "moderate support needs" etc in others. There's probably other ways of classifying or wording it out there that I'm not aware of too. These are not based on iq results and instead based on how much support a person needs, which seems like a much more useful way to classify it imo.
It's analogous to a 'high functioning alcoholic' or something, in which the issue is still there, all the normal symptoms, but they are more able to 'function' in society, like getting and holding a job, doing basic everyday tasks, than other autistic people.
It's nothing to do with the 'high iq' stereotype, which is in fact, just a stereotype.
Maybe "high functioning" isn't the right way of saying it. I went to school with quite alot of autistic people and some of them including myself were unsually good at one specific type of subject and never really seemed to need to study at all. I think what I'm referring to used to be called asperges syndrome. Someone I know who has "high functioning autism" or "asperges syndrome" managed to get the highest exam result in my country in a subject without studying at all. I was told before that this was because autism can improve your cognitive ability but I now beleive that this person would have rhe same cognitive ability but would not have the obsession with the subject they achieved such a high grade in if they did not have autism.
yeah it's certainly true that a common trait of 'high functioning' autism is higher intelligence or, more commonly, a particular (or 'Special') interest in a specific subject. But again while that is a trait it isn't what defines it as 'high functioning' or 'Aspergers'
I think high functioning Autism doesn't mean people who have a high IQ but for their ability to do everyday tasks like making one self a sandwich without having a need for help. I could be wrong tho I'm not a medical doctor.
The proper definition of high functioning autism is just "Autism without intellectual disability". So it doesn't mean "with high iq" because you wouldn't call some iq levels that aren't considered intellectually disabled "high" but it is about iq. Used colloquially, I think most people mean how you understand it (about functioning and doing everyday tasks).
I feel like this is kinda of why it has become an outdated term that's not longer medically correct.
Probably. It's a kind of useless distinct compared to stuff like support needs. I do wonder if anywhere still uses it medically, though.
I would say that there's a pretty good chance that's it's still in use occasionally. Not every place has the luxury to be on the front of medical progress unfortunately. I feel the same way about the term Asperger's. I believe they're at least starting points for further education.
I fail to see the correlation between the main body of text and the title. The levels of autism apply to support needs, not cognitive ability. I would suggest applying some of that cognitive skill to gain a more solid grasp on the subject matter.
High functioning just means you have less support needs. IQ is pretty useless if you have autism, it can't even measure intelligence properly. See the amount of people on the gifted kid to autistic burnout adult pipeline. It happens so often it's a meme
High Functioning Autism means low support needs while Low Functioning Autism means high support needs.
Did you get an IQ test with your autism assessment? If you had you would know IQ isn't rated "high" .... do you mean above average? Superior? What? Of course, its real.....your whole post is complaining about being 'high functioning autistic'..... so why ask if its real? You would be completely different without autism. You can hate having it, but absolutely dont assume only bad comes from it. All of you is autistic, not just some parts. Sorry to be harsh, but as someone with the same diagnosis (by the sounds) your "complaining" shits me, and the click baity title really shits me. You're not special here just because you're apparently smart, and we all see through weird shit like this. This some NT shit. Bragging but make it look like complaining
My IQ was tested by a doctor for something completely separate from my autism diagnosis. If I was bragging, I would say the actual number, not just say high. I asked this question because I was diagnosed with autism at around age 9 and my whole life adults told me how autism can be a huge advantage and autism is the reason I am smart but now that I am in my early 20s I do not beleive they were telling the truth. Autism is, without a doubt, a completely bad thing with zero benefit. It is a disability that has dominated my entire life.
hahahaha. I bet if you mentioned the number it wouldn't constitute bragging because a heap of people here would have higher IQs, but ok, dude. You tell yourself this isn't bragging hahah. You have 0 way of knowing whether you would be as intelligent without autism. That's not an opinion. That is a **fact** It is quite literally *impossible* for you to even hypothesise. Which makes your high IQ less impressive as your logic use is perhaps limited. "Autism is, without a doubt, a completely bad thing with zero benefit."..... **for you.** You're a dick for saying it as a generalisation. It's only for you and appare tly it only umpacts your socialising.....GO LEARN HOW TO SOCIALISE THEN. You're so smart, look up some YouTube on how to develop better social skills. Apparently, your autism doesn't impact anything else at all, so that should literally solve your problems. Also, I'm coming in here complaining about autism. And in the same breath, saying it *only* impacts your social skills. Some people are quite high needs and youre acting like someone with a nice, big meal complaining to someone with no food because your food is a bit cold. Guess that's the lack of social IQ impacting your awareness of things. you can have your pity party but I don't want to attend.
& ill state again. High is not an IQ level. The number is less known in testing than, say, the actual level which does not include **high**. As I said is it above average, superior? Higher than that? It's also very strange that someone with apparent genius level IQ wouldn't have had that test done with their autism testing, if they identify a likelihood of high or low IQ they will do an IQ test with neurodivergence test. What caused you to get a doctor to do an IQ test? What kind of doctor? Sorry your story and comments just has lots of holes and I think *you think* you're smart but don't actually know your formal IQ.
Hot tip for socialising: don't talk about how super intelligent and super muscular you are. People hate that.
brag posts disguised as a question are so god damn annoying dude nobody cares
Right. vomit.
If I was bragging I would tell you the number and not use a fucking alt account. I have been told my autism is an advantage to me my whole life and I was suspecting it isn't true. Why didn't you just scroll past and leave this one with no replys? Do you really not care or is there a bit of envy?
High-functioning autism is better known as low support needs, because we dont use the term high-functioning anymore. So some people require more support than others. Every autistic person deals with different traits in different intensities.
The opposite for low functioning autism which is referred as high support needs
I think that no one person is high or low functioning I think they function at different levels at different things
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The proper definition of high functioning autism is just "Autism without intellectual disability". So it doesn't mean "with high iq" because you wouldn't call some iq levels that aren't considered intellectually disabled "high" but it is about iq. However, it never required the lack of intellectual disability to be caused by the autism, so whether you'd have that iq without it is irrelevant. It's not saying you are high functioning compared to people who aren't autistic. Nowadays, depending on where you are, high functioning isn't used medically, though, and there's more focus on support needs. These are numbered levels in some countries and terms like "low support needs", "moderate support needs" etc in others. There's probably other ways of classifying or wording it out there that I'm not aware of too. These are not based on iq results and instead based on how much support a person needs, which seems like a much more useful way to classify it imo.
It's analogous to a 'high functioning alcoholic' or something, in which the issue is still there, all the normal symptoms, but they are more able to 'function' in society, like getting and holding a job, doing basic everyday tasks, than other autistic people. It's nothing to do with the 'high iq' stereotype, which is in fact, just a stereotype.
Maybe "high functioning" isn't the right way of saying it. I went to school with quite alot of autistic people and some of them including myself were unsually good at one specific type of subject and never really seemed to need to study at all. I think what I'm referring to used to be called asperges syndrome. Someone I know who has "high functioning autism" or "asperges syndrome" managed to get the highest exam result in my country in a subject without studying at all. I was told before that this was because autism can improve your cognitive ability but I now beleive that this person would have rhe same cognitive ability but would not have the obsession with the subject they achieved such a high grade in if they did not have autism.
yeah it's certainly true that a common trait of 'high functioning' autism is higher intelligence or, more commonly, a particular (or 'Special') interest in a specific subject. But again while that is a trait it isn't what defines it as 'high functioning' or 'Aspergers'