Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoKinda...lazysoci.alimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down13
arrow-up1368arrow-down1imageKinda...lazysoci.alLady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 day 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)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoHigh functioning is the autism version of “one of the good ones”
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day 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”