ASPERGERS vs High Functioning AUTISM (difference?) 2018

These are the three primary differences between Aspergers and High Functioning Autism.

In this video I discuss the differences between Asperger's Syndrome and High Functioning Autism and why the terms will not be long on the diagnosis assessment much longer.

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[Proletrolliat]

Not good in math but I can perfectly recreate music in my head.

[ZeppelinPietrPryor]

My boyfriend has Aspergers. I’ve been watching through your videos to learn how to be as supportive as I can.

[HoldMeForever]

1:32 for the title of the video!
2:15 if you've a short attention span

[drlarrymitchell]

"High?" Definitely...but I wouldn't say i was "functioning."

[noellenicole]

My son was diagnosed with ASD (level 1 - high functioning) but the evaluator told me that what he has was what they would have previously diagnosed as Aspergers. It's annoying that Aspergers is no longer diagnosed as such.

[noellelynn]

With my Aspergers diagnosis I myself had no language delay in fact I was very articulate with a vast vocabulary and very analytical in my way of communicating with language but struggled with expressing emotion, understanding humor, or with what was appropriate to say to others and when it was my turn to speak. Oddly on the second point I struggled very much in mathematics but as I have mentioned before I was hyperlexic and obsessed over words and letters rather than numbers and truly surpassed all of my peers in reading literature, vocabulary, and comprehension. I was very much left behind in maths. I struggle with even basic math like making change or multiplication tables. For the last point I’ve never had my IQ tested but here in the US we have SATs and a lot of standardized testing in which I always scored very high. My maths were low but other scores made up for that. I just wanted to point out that maths don’t have to be your strong point as my therapist specializes in autism and says it’s common to have a very strong point (which could be math or not) and then a very opposite low point in a different academic area.

[d.l.]

As a person diagnosed with "Classic Autism" (Autism since birth - f84.0) I have to say that these are just generalized stereotypes and not actually true in many cases.

[crystaloddo]

I have one son with Asperger’s and the other with high functioning autism. Your descriptions are exactly right! The son with Asperger’s grew up in Gifted and Talented classes. His brother grew up in special Ed. One brother spoke early on; the other brother didn’t speak until age 4.

They are now 21 (with Asperger’s) with a full-time successful job, and 18 in college full time. They both graduated high school with a 4.0! I love your accurate description of each diagnosis. Thank you!

[zombina]

My son has high functioning autism but was initially diagnosed at the age of 2 1/2 with severe autism. He is 5 years old now and is still having trouble communicating his thoughts and at times expresses himself through Echolalia. At the age of 3 he was adding, multiplying and subtracting. He can count in 8 different languages, likes astronomy, has “perfect pitch” (absolute pitch) and can play piano and recognizes chords/ notes in different instruments and now is interested in the periodic table (it’s a big subject so he’s just starting). I mention all this because he absolutely does not have Aspergers and he’s into science, math and music, this is not solely an Aspergers thing. They are all so different. The only relatable truth to this discription between the two in my son’s case is the language delay. He has always had perfect pronounciation but the ability to communicate and to speak are more complex than that. He still struggles despite him being intelligent. He has a real hard time transitioning, waiting and is self directed.

[Abigrace]

My daughter is 8...we recieved her diagnosis in April, Asperger's with ADHD, anxiety and OCD. She struggles with the anxiety but we have been treating it and that seems to calm everything down a notch.

Thank you for your videos...they give me insight and understanding...which I think is the utmost important thing so I watch videos and read a lot. I want to educate myself so that I can be the mom she needs...her advocate. :)

Please keep making these. You have no idea how important they are.

[JHohenhauser]

"People with Asperger’s are good in math and music"
Well, I am interested in learning on how to play the guitar and piano, but I can confidently say that I am horrible in math. No, seriously, everyone in my family is proficient in math, hell, my grandpa is a retired math professor and my dad is an engineer, but I seem to be the guy that just sucks in the family business.

[ronster-monster]

I dont have aspergers or autism but im in the process of becoming a care and support worker for children with these conditions. These videos are absolutely fantastic and superbly presented . Thank you.

[dolamskudoiski]

I think that aspergers should be seperated from the spectrum because its so different

[jellybeanjackrabbit]

My Christmas wrapping is going really bad - I can’t think of any lyrics.

[TessaCoker]

I am positive on several online ASD and Aspie tests. In the US the terms Aspergers and high-functioning autism have been totally discontinued (I want to say 'banned'!) and it is all just on the spectrum. I am desperately trying to jump through hoops to get a formal diagnosis. This has helped. I know I am an Aspie but I want to be diagnosed to fully explain my whole Life. I am 70!

[loriclark]

My daughter has Asperger’s she spoke mimicking words at 3 months old, words at 6 months old a conversation at 14 months old. She read and spelled her name at 18 months and her drawing began at that age as well. She’s an artist with a degree in computer animation but her anxiety is holding her back. She’s only 22 and has her bachelors as of age 20 so I’m leaving her to grow into her career. She has severe anxiety and math learning disability but it was a shock when she was dx at 15 because I always thought all people who were on the spectrum were delayed in speech. Apparently that’s not always the case.

[__________]

I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism about an hour or two ago despite picking up two languages quickly as a child and having an above average IQ. My psychologist said that they were just diagnosed as the same thing and diagnosed me with high-functioning autism.

[johnkellett]

Fascinating. As a self diagnosed ‘Aspie’, latish in life, I am certain that the three differences you mentioned are major ones which it is easily missed. Because we have a high IQ we go undiagnosed because we find workarounds and think we are unlucky. If we regularly got diagnosed earlier in life NTs would be more aware of our abilities and forgiving of some of the issues. As it is we are just discarded as employees time after time. I am struggling with my own business but I’m hoping that being more aware of the ‘disadvantages’ will help.

[knitMuse]

There is a difference, and you nailed it. My son was initially diagnosed Aspie at 13, but was re-daignosed as HFA after further assessment, primarily because he only had a vocab of approx 5 words at age 2. Watching him grow up and the friends he collected, it was very easy to tell those with autism vs the Aspies. I would add there is a physicality to autism that differs from Aspergers - in my experience, Autistic people have a distinctive posture and manner in their speech that also sets them apart from Aspies.

[darkblue]

I am an Asperger and I would like to say that in time tables I was the best of the class, same with dividing, subtracting and adding but, that's all, not all Aspergers are good at math, I HATE THESE STEREOTYPES, we just happen to be really good at things that we are passionate about.