What are the Different Forms of Autisim

There are many different types of autism, and justautism", while the autistic person who's IQ is higher
as with many things you can't just group all Autisticthan 80 are categorized as having what would be
people into one category. Autisim range ofcalled "high-functioning autism". This method of
symptoms covers a very large field. It will includecategorization is not usually accepted or used by
autistics who are very near to being dysfunctionalmedical professionals when dealing with the autistic
and appear to be mentally retarded, to the autisticperson. Normally the terms high or low high
who shows very mild symptoms, or who hasfunctioning autism are used to describe the level at
received therapy to control their autistic traits to thewhich the autistic person can perform the daily
point of appearing to be normal to the averageactivities 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 betweenthe labels, high functioning autism, and low functioning
those who have an IQ of less than 80 beingautism, are seen to be highly controversial by many
categorized as having what is called "low-functioningautistics.