High-functioning autism

Na high-functioning autism (HFA) be historically an autism classification to describe a person wey exhibit no intellectual disability buh otherwise show autistic traits, such as difficulty insyd social interaction den communication. Na de term often be applied to verbal autistic people of at least average intelligence. However, na chaw insyd medical den autistic communities call make dem stop dey use de term, dey find am simplistic den unindicative of de difficulties sam autistic people dey face.

Na dem never include HFA insyd either de American Psychiatric Association ein Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) anaa de World Health Organization ein International Classification of Diseases (ICD), de two major classification den diagnostic guidelines for psychiatric conditions. De DSM-5-TR dey subtype autism into three levels wey base on support needs. Autism Level 1 get de least support needs den dey correspond most closely plus de "high-functioning" identifier.

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Category:Autism
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