Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Low functioning to me is not the standard of intellect at all, but to me is of the thinking that in all of the core areas of autism are severely impacted. meaning no functional form of communication (not just verbal language) limited to no social seeking of others to interact in level of a mutual give and take, and no to limited functional play skills, and to me I to add that they have no functional or very limited daily functioning skills such as cant feed or dress self and not toilet trained. to me it is when all or most of the cores are of greatly impacted that some might refer to it as LF. although am of discovering that many do not like the terms of LF and or HFA in regards to autism. (not speaking of aspergers here but autism) I to be stillt rying hard to learn and process the whys to that thinking but it is of a real issues to some. For me I to personally not find a reason to discredit of the uses of it excpet many want to assume it means intellect and to me that is not of one of the things I to ever think of in regards to LF or HFA. I to think that both terms are often used to clarify the level of need for the individual who is dx with autism. Just like some to assume HFA and aspergers are one and the same and I to think they are of different too. I to agree that Aspergers is one form of autism spectrum. but anyways this si one areas that gets of me stuck over and over and so want to try to avoid this areas of thinking because it triggers me much and i to get stuck trying to understand the terms and how they vary from person to person and list to list. it is of too complex. But have learend from one it is of all the way in which each of us percieve of it from our own perceptions. And because of that it will vary from person to person in the way it is of described. so the above is of the way I to describe of it or think of it. Sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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