User blog:3krok/A PSA on autism

Let's get something straight. This needs to be spoken out.

High Functioning Autism
High-functioning autism (HFA) is a term applied to people with autism who are deemed to be cognitively "higher functioning" (IQ>70) than other people with autism.

A lot of times, this is called "Asperger Syndrome" or HFA.

There are several differences between people with HFA and Asperger Syndrome.


 * People with HFA have a lower verbal intelligence quotient
 * Better visual/spatial skills (higher Performance IQ) than people with Asperger syndrome
 * Less deviating locomotion than people with Asperger syndrome
 * People with HFA more often have problems functioning independently
 * Curiosity and interest for many different things, in contrast to people with Asperger syndrome
 * People with Asperger syndrome and HFA can be able to empathize with others (understand and share the feelings of another.)
 * The male to female ratio of 4:1 for HFA is much smaller than that of Asperger syndrome

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders, including high-functioning autism, have a very high risk of developing symptoms of anxiety. While anxiety is one of the most commonly occurring mental health symptoms, children and adolescents with high functioning autism are at an even greater risk of developing symptoms.

HFA is not accompanied with mental retardation. This characteristic distinguishes HFA from the autism spectrum; 60-70% of individuals with autism also have mental retardation.

This means that autistic users are not to be called retarded whether they do have mental retardation or not.

In fact, most people who have been diagnosed with autism are pretty damn inventive. There are three great minds who have been believed to have autism. There are several users in the autistic spectrum, right know, I know of a few; Myself, ShenanigansShikra and Cameron (I think? She could verify this for me.)
 * Issac Newton
 * Nikola Tesla
 * Albert Einstein

I know I'm going to be bitched at for this, but ' please respect users in the autistic spectrum as they can take things to heart, we have feelings too, we are not robots. '

Now, my Four Heavenly Kings... It is snack time! http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130801214739/danganronpa/images/thumb/1/12/Tanaka_support.png/185px-Tanaka_support.png 15:02, November 21, 2013 (UTC)