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Asperger's & Autism Forum

Shaddock
Shaddock
I´m still not always sure what this means. I think ASD 1 means "without comorbiditys" and ASD 2 and 3 are with comorbiditys? and comorbiditys were...? anxiety disorder/depression or other things?
Shaddock
Shaddock
aaah this means support level. good to know. so support level 3 needs the most support?
madisen622
madisen622
huh, thank you! im not sure what they mean but i appreciate your input. :blush:
madisen622
madisen622
i think so! im glad they diagnose it only with how much support we need, i was just curious everyone seemed to get diagnosed with a level that ive seen. :laughing:
Shaddock
Shaddock
thanks : )

I live in germany and there it is different. I got my diagnose many years ago and there were different autism types. asperger, L-,M-,HFA and atypical autism. I heard that all new diagnosis are just called "autism-spectrum-disorder", without specific subgroups, but I´m not sure.

here it so that the support is not directly set with the diagnose. you have to apply a
Shaddock
Shaddock
"disability pass" (which is also for other disabilities like diabetes sometimes for example) and then they decide how severe your grade of disability is. this is no specific autism thing.

the grade can be from 0 to 100. it depends on how much you are restricted from participating in social life and work. when you have no restrictions/problems,
Shaddock
Shaddock
then you get 0, when you have much restrictions, then you get 100. there are different average grades for different disabilitys.

deaf people for example get usually 100 and autistic people usually get 50.
Shaddock
Shaddock
yeah I know maybe not that useful for everyone outside from germany : D
madisen622
madisen622
no you're fine! thank you so much for the help, i appreciate it. :blush:
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