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Both kids are actually 6. When he sat us down to tell us, the 8/10 is how he described it to us in laymans terms, adding the "high-functioning". Knowing what little we know, he DID seem high-functioning, until I had a talk recently with the friends mom.

Now I'm feeling for my brother and nephew. I don't know why they are hiding this from us, but that is unrelated.

Yes, I'm wondering about high-functioning, which sadly, I'm realizing my nephew isn't. :([/quote]

[b]He is not lying! Your nephew really is high-functioning. From what we do know and how your brother has described him he will grow up just fine and hopefully be able to hold down a job and take care of himself.[/b] He'll be able to cross the street by himself and probably live independently. Kids who are more lower functioning may not be able to do all these things.

Since you have a family member with the condition and want to know more I would suggest you check out the movie or book "Life Animated" and the movie "Aspergers Are Us." Between the two movies you'll get a sense of the different kinds of ways it presents. IRL I do know kids with a diagnosis who are much less "different" than those on the Aspergers movie so that's something to keep in mind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/reaching-my-autistic-son-through-disney.html[/quote]

How do you get this from  the OP? Not toilet trained at 6 with a lot of behaviors isn't high functioning. [/quote]

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