Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoKinda...lazysoci.alimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1374
arrow-up1374imageKinda...lazysoci.alLady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·8 days agoThat’s what it should be. In reality it’s how much neurotypicals are bothered by noticing your neurodivergence. ‘high functioning’ often means ‘suffers in silence by themselves, as they should’.
minus-squareNat (she/they)linkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 days agoHigh functioning is the autism version of “one of the good ones”
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoHigh functioning = people saying “oh, you’re not really autistic”
That’s what it should be. In reality it’s how much neurotypicals are bothered by noticing your neurodivergence. ‘high functioning’ often means ‘suffers in silence by themselves, as they should’.
High functioning is the autism version of “one of the good ones”
High functioning = people saying “oh, you’re not really autistic”