"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 ...

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 ...

Youth with vs without ASD more often required special education placement and had impairments in global functioning.

Christina Carden knows well the challenges of parenting children with autism, as she is the mother of two young sons on the autism spectrum. “I live and breathe the daily realities that so many ...