Jun 20, 2019
Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term ‘high functioning autism’ to be abandoned because of the mislea
“The term ‘high functioning autism’ is not a diagnostic term and is based on an IQ assessment, rather than a functional assessment,” Dr Alvares said.
“It was originally used to describe people without an intellectual disability, yet somehow has crept into everyday use and has come to imply that people can manage perfectly fine, and don’t experience any everyday challenges.”
Dr Alvares said that for many individuals with autism spectrum disorder, this couldn’t be further from the truth."