High-functioning autism isn’t an official medical diagnosis ... I didn’t always understand when adults asked me to do things, or forbade me from picking up fragile objects or trying to ...

A Boston College computer scientist is directing her research toward assisting a relatively underserved population: adults with autism. Supported by a $500,000 research grant from the National ...

Asperger's syndrome refers to "high functioning ... For more, see Autism Symptoms and Diagnosis. No one fully understands what causes autism. The number of children diagnosed with the disorder ...

A Boston College computer scientist is directing her research toward assisting a relatively underserved population: adults with autism. Supported by a $500,000 research grant from the National ...

On this day, he is evaluating six year old Mathew Walsh, who was diagnosed in the spring of 2005 with Asbergers, a high functioning form of autism. Steven Parker, MD The thing that really ...

Treating these related symptoms gives patients and ... France, found that adults diagnosed as high functioning on the autism spectrum who received doses of intranasal oxytocin were better able ...

Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is described as a "developmental disorder" because the symptoms generally ... Earlier, high-functioning ASD children who were average in academics ...