BUST THAT MYTH ...about autism

It’s either ‘high-functioning’ or ‘low-functioning’

We’re gradually coming to understand there are many forms of autism. In fact, there are as many as there are people who have it. Each is an individual form.

There’s a spectrum ranging from high-functioning needing little support to the much more serious low-functioning that needs a lot of support, and all grades of seriousness in between.

The autistic spectrum is very diverse – they all have their own strengths and weaknesses and no two people are the same.