Published on 12, July, 2020
Is What does this actally mean in practice, not the dictionary definition, but for those of us so labelled? Although no ones ever told me I'm high functioning, I guess I am.
Is it a helpful term or unhelpful?
Does it express our experiences properly or reflect away from them?
Is this a term more helpful to NT's than us?
Personally I find the term a bit insulting as well as divisive and dismissive.
TheCatWoman said:Personally I find the term a bit insulting as well as divisive and dismissive.
Can you tell us why you feel it is divisive and dismissive please?
I think it is fairly descriptive and in the absence of better labels, quite appropriate. The "functioning" part is how well we are able to function in society compared to others with autism, but that is just my opinion.
But it's too one dimensional. I am extremely 'high functioning' in terms of my career and finance but could not be much more 'low functioning' socially.