high-functioning
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4ADJ.
able, autistic
VERB + HIGH-FUNCTIONING
scores, test
HIGH-FUNCTIONING + NOUN
autism, brain, children, therapists
ADV.
such
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adj
Functioning or operating at a high level.
The high-functioning therapists were found to have a greater tendency to confront patients and, when they did so, confronted them with their resources.
Of a person with a developmental or intellectual disability or mental illness, able to function in society; not greatly affected by a disability or illness.
A unit wide behavioral programming system for high functioning mentally retarded clients who displayed maladaptive behavioral excesses...
Of a person with autism, exhibiting relatively high cognitive function.
Analysis of Wechsler IQ test scores for high-functioning autistic children and adults with Verbal and Full Scale IQ≥70 only partially supports previous contentions about the presence of a distinct profile of scores in autism.
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6The high-functioning therapists were found to have a greater tendency to confront patients and, when they did so, confronted them with their resources.
WiktionaryA unit wide behavioral programming system for high functioning mentally retarded clients who displayed maladaptive behavioral excesses...
WiktionaryAnalysis of Wechsler IQ test scores for high-functioning autistic children and adults with Verbal and Full Scale IQ≥70 only partially supports previous contentions about the presence of a distinct pro
Wiktionary"High-functioning autism" isn't an official medical term or diagnosis.
Tatoeba · #8033384You would have to be sane or very high-functioning to be able to plan and carry out a mass shooting.
Tatoeba · #11765240I have such a high-functioning brain that I can achieve anything I put my mind to.
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