HFA - NLD/Was Digest Number 2888

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HFA means high functioning autism. There is still some debate about

whether HFA and AS are the same thing. NLD has many aspects of AS.

Tony Attwood refers to a continous line from LHA to HFA to AS to NLD

(to ?). At some point the diagnostician picks a point on the ASD

line and declares a diagnosis. Given the rise in ASD, I'll bet soon

someone will come up with another label that's like NLD, but milder.

HI

> Joyce, what's HFA? I have a son who I first thought was AS, but

have since

> learned enough about non- verbal learning disorder that I have no

doubt

> what -so- ever this is it.