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Can a autistic person fight?
Whatever their age, some individuals on the autism spectrum act out aggressively, and clearly, this can be distressing for everyone involved. In fact, aggression is among the most common challenges reported by parents of children and adolescents with autism.
What is the life expectancy of someone with high functioning autism?
One of the most important investigations of recent years revealed that average life expectancy of a person with severe autism is 39.5 years, rising to only 58 years for those with high-functioning autism, or Asperger syndrome.
What does it mean to have high functioning autism?
High-functioning autism isn’t an official medical diagnosis. It’s often used to refer to autistic people who read, write, speak, and manage life skills without much assistance. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that’s characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication.
Are people with autism considered high functioning or low functioning?
People with autism are often described as being “high functioning” or “low functioning ,” but there are no such official diagnoses. In fact, now that Asperger syndrome, PDD-NOS, and autistic disorder have been removed from the DSM (diagnostic manual) there is only one general category called autism spectrum disorder. 1
Do autistics and neurotypicals have more in common?
Of course they’re the ones with black and white thinking. But maybe, just maybe, neurotypicals and autistics have a lot more in common than society thinks. And the only reason that neurotypical people’s behavior is seen as normal is because there are more neurotypicals than there are autistics.
Why is normal behavior seen as normal by people with autism?
And the only reason that neurotypical people’s behavior is seen as normal is because there are more neurotypicals than there are autistics. So next time you are thinking about a typical autistic behavior being weird, unacceptable, or pathological, remember that neurotypicals probably do a version of that same exact behavior.
What are Asperger’s syndrome and PDD-NOS and high-functioning autism?
Fact: Asperger’s Syndrome and PDD-NOS and high-functioning Autism are forms of autism. They are Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Asperger individuals exhibit autistic-like behaviours, including some stereotypic behaviours, perseveration, self-absorption, fixation on certain subjects or activities, and so on.[1]