When we try to classify individuals with autism on the spectrum, we usually refer to two major categories:<\/p>\n
HF, high-functioning and LF, low-functioning.<\/p>\n
Ironically, it was decided to use the word spectrum or continuum to include the whole range of autistic people.<\/p>\n
If you consider the Bell Diagram\/Graph\/Curve that describes the natural distribution of any given phenomenon, it is defined as follows (google): A graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end.<\/p>\n
Which means that the HF and the LF poeple combined represent a small percentage of the entire population represented on the spectrum. In reality, the vast majority of autistic children and adults I have met belong somewhere between the HF and LF people. How should we call them? Average-Functioning? Center-Functioning? Standard-Functioning?<\/p>\n
Please help me find a name for the majority of people represented on the spectrum. They cannot be ignored or refered to relative to HF and LF.<\/p>\n
Individuals with autism can be very smart but have severe behavior issuses. Consequently, the classification should not be defined in terms of severity only. Severe, moderate, and mild may discribe a behavior but not the intellectual capacity of an individual.<\/p>\n
A child can be considered “severe” just because she\/he has poor verbal skills, while her\/his other math, language, art,…skills are great.<\/p>\n
We need to be more careful with our labels.<\/p>\n
nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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