High-functioning autism isn’t an official medical diagnosis, but is often used to pin down a complicated set of behaviours. Yet the term itself is not without controversy.

Children on the autism spectrum, especially those who are high-functioning, tend to be exceptionally perceptive. Their ...

The attack at an adult education centre was described by the country's prime minister as the worst mass shooting in Sweden's ...

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 ...

referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Asperger's syndrome refers to "high functioning" autism, but it’s no longer a formal diagnostic term. Autism usually manifests by age two. The condition ...

According to the National Autistic Society, by age 11 just one-fifth of girls with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism have been correctly diagnosed, compared with half of boys.

Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and ...

Rickard Andersson, 35, has been named by Swedish media as the alleged attacker in Tuesday's shooting at an adult education centre. He was reported to have been previously enrolled at the centre where ...