I see. I did my bachelors in Psychology ~15 years ago (admittedly did not focus on psychiatry nor pathological psychology). At that point the diagnostic still existed in the DSM-IV, but the term was very much falling out of fashion. I think the (other) APA was drafting DSM-V as I was studying and people knew that Asperger‘s disorder would probably not exist much longer. In my class on pathological psychology I thing Asperger’s wasn’t even mentioned.
I was reading about HFA, and I don’t think that exists in the diagnostic tools either. I think the focus instead is to just diagnose people with autism spectrum disorder and then enlist the disabilities which needs accommodating. The more sever cases has a larger set of disabilities. I’m guessing you would have had a pretty limited set.
I think this is the right choice as there is a little bit risk of ableism in separating a disability as high functioning. The reason we give diagnostic is that some people need accommodation for their disabilities, being accurate about which sets of disabilities need accommodation is better in every way, as opposed to a blanket term like high functioning. The term also risks people perceiving some superiority (intended or not) when it is referred to as such.
I was reading about HFA, and I don’t think that exists in the diagnostic tools either. I think the focus instead is to just diagnose people with autism spectrum disorder and then enlist the disabilities which needs accommodating. The more sever cases has a larger set of disabilities. I’m guessing you would have had a pretty limited set.
I think this is the right choice as there is a little bit risk of ableism in separating a disability as high functioning. The reason we give diagnostic is that some people need accommodation for their disabilities, being accurate about which sets of disabilities need accommodation is better in every way, as opposed to a blanket term like high functioning. The term also risks people perceiving some superiority (intended or not) when it is referred to as such.