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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"High functioning" means an IQ over 70 and usually verbal. That's it.[/quote]

Are you kidding right?  No, for autism it usually means they are at the marginally autistic with more feature and function fine.  Many of these kids have much higher IQs and are very bright.[/quote]

No, for autism it means they do not have an intellectual disability. Some are quite bright but many people considered high functioning are not geniuses by any means. They have average to above average IQs. This confusion is one of the reasons I'm glad they got rid of the Aspergers diagnosis. My DS has AS and actually is quite bright. But many kids with AS are expected to be these little geniuses and they aren't. They're just kids with autism who don't have an intellectual disability.

Now often having a higher IQ does correspond with greater functionality. Those kids are better able to respond to therapies and interventions. But we're talking about two different scales here. One is functional and one is intellectual.[/quote]

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