Posts Tagged ‘HFA’
There is No Easy Autism
When my daughter was first diagnosed on the autism spectrum last year, I clung to the concept that it was no big deal—that it was “mild,” and she was “high functioning.” She was going to be fine and this was not going to interrupt our lives because she was so smart and how could that happen? But looking back, I now wonder—what does that mean? What is “high functioning autism (HFA)?” Well, it’s not a medical term or recognized diagnosis from the DSM-5 manual, it’s just how some parents prefer…
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