High-functioning autism refers to autistic people whose living skills, including communication skills, enable them to live independently. However, the term is problematic, and it is not a clinical ...

What's in a label? Everything, advocacy groups say. May 25, 2011— -- Eileen Parker was 41 years old when she discovered her quirky, misunderstood behavior had a name: Asperger's. The syndrome, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. People with Asperger’s syndrome, often high-functioning individuals on the autism spectrum, may have a hard ...

A nonprofit organization in Chicago is helping people with Asperger’s and high-functioning autism find jobs by training them for work particularly well-suited to their conditions, such as data entry ...

As highlighted in my last post, research is beginning to document children on the autism spectrum who report a range of intriguing perceptions. In 2018, a pair of Sri Lankan researchers profiled three ...

"High-functioning autism" (HFA) is a term used to describe people with a certain level of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They have milder symptoms and fewer challenges than those with more severe ...