Reply #203: "Most autistics"

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are not "Asperger's." I could give you numbers, but I left them sitting on my desk, and I'm at home for winter break.

From memory, classic autism has a high rate of mild to severe retardation. More so for one gender than the other; I don't remember which. Aspberger's is not classic autism; it is lumped into the spectrum because it shares some characteristics. Not all Asperger's people are gifted, but more of them fall within "normal" ranges of cognitive functioning than do "classic" autistics, and some function well beyond the normal range.

The numbers on my desk come from the inservice I did recently for the autistic spectrum, from the North Los Angeles County Regional Center. I was there because I have an Asperger's student.