What is the difference between: Autism, AS & HFA?

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

How would you describe a HFA person to a description of an AS

person? what is the difference? There is a lot of talk with people

wondering if their child is AS or HFA. It seems like the DX is so

close that it is hard to tell which one a child is. I'm trying to

understand " why " this is so important with a DX of a child. would

one DX be more higher functioning than the other? Are the

strategies different? Does a HFA DX have different concerns than an

AS DX? There seems to be a big difference between Autism and

Aspergers. But from what I've been reading from your post, HFA &

Aspergers seems to be almost the same. Would Autism be the most

severe, than Aspergers be high function, and then HFA be border line

of NT?

I'm still going to work with my AS son the same way as I have been.

only because he's doing well so far. " Thank God " But, I would still

like to educate myself and know the difference between the two " DX " ,

and this is the best place to learn. I can learn information from

people that have children with a DX than from a teacher that only

has a child for a little while or a doctor that learned from a

book. the best teachers are you parents that live with their

children & post their experiences.