On TikTok you'll find millions of users diagnosing themselves using the term "high-functioning" — high-functioning anxiety, high-functioning depression, high-functioning autism. The term ...
This is what the autism spectrum looks like. It is not a gradation from high to low functioning. Source: Jessica Penot, LPC If you are an autistic person who can hold a job and pay bills, you will ...
Former Playboy star Holly Madison revealed she was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, bringing clarity to lifelong social struggles she once attributed to her Alaskan upbringing. She believes her ...
Mild autism is unofficially used to describe level 1 autism, or high-functioning autism. People with mild autism might not get diagnosed until adolescence or adulthood because their traits are subtle.
GATES, N.Y. – Saturday morning, the Gates Public Library hosted Campaign D, a nonprofit founded by people on the autism spectrum. The event featured a panel of autistic people who each picked five ...
Since 2000, the autism rate among U.S. children has shot up 150 percent — from 1 in 150 kids to 1 in 59, according to the most recent data available. Yet even as autism touches an increasing number of ...