| There are many different types of autism, and just | | | | autism", while the autistic person who's IQ is higher |
| as with many things you can't just group all Autistic | | | | than 80 are categorized as having what would be |
| people into one category. Autisim range of | | | | called "high-functioning autism". This method of |
| symptoms covers a very large field. It will include | | | | categorization is not usually accepted or used by |
| autistics who are very near to being dysfunctional | | | | medical professionals when dealing with the autistic |
| and appear to be mentally retarded, to the autistic | | | | person. Normally the terms high or low high |
| who shows very mild symptoms, or who has | | | | functioning autism are used to describe the level at |
| received therapy to control their autistic traits to the | | | | which the autistic person can perform the daily |
| point of appearing to be normal to the average | | | | activities that are a part of living, and related to their |
| person. | | | | IQ level. Within the Autistic community the use of |
| Autistic persons will be often categorized between | | | | the labels, high functioning autism, and low functioning |
| those who have an IQ of less than 80 being | | | | autism, are seen to be highly controversial by many |
| categorized as having what is called "low-functioning | | | | autistics. |