| When a child suffers from high functioning autism, | | | | read or saw in a movie. |
| they often do not have as many communication | | | | A good example of high functioning autism is |
| problems as is usual, and they tend to have | | | | Asperger's syndrome. It may be hard to tell from |
| average intelligence. However, the characteristic | | | | classic autism in that the symptoms are almost |
| social and behavioral difficulties are present and in | | | | entirely the same. Sufferers may be favored |
| full blast. The sufferer may not have the | | | | over other patients of autism because they |
| communication problems but could have suffered | | | | actually can improve enough to live on their own |
| from significant language delay. | | | | later in life. Several of them can help their |
| Also, they may not be able to have any | | | | condition by various aids and assistance that are |
| meaningful conversation with anyone unless they | | | | designed just to do so, so that you don't have to |
| are speaking of something that they have a | | | | be there with them all the time. |
| peculiar interest for. These patients tend to use | | | | Across the United States, there are in fact many |
| unusual words in their speeches, sounding | | | | patients with this condition working all kinds of |
| old-fashioned like they had just jumped out of the | | | | jobs and doing rather well. But they can only do |
| pages of a Shakespeare manuscript, a symptom | | | | as well as they are able to learn while they are |
| referred to as delayed echolalia, in which the | | | | growing up, so you don't want to hold them back |
| sufferer could just be repeating things back to | | | | from being all that they can be, simply because |
| you that they had heard you say, or that they | | | | they suffer from a devastating disease. |