#HighFunctioningMeans

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18 Mar 2015, 6:38 pm

But each individual knows themselves too well to be defined by societal categories.

I don't care, say, if somebody associates my "high-functioning" autism with somebody who is "disordered" in some way. I know, in myself, that I'm much more "different" than "disordered."

I don't like these "hatchtag" things.

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18 Mar 2015, 7:24 pm

I don't really identify with the highfunctioningmeans tag messages.
They make sense in theory, but I don't get them on a feeling level.

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18 Mar 2015, 9:20 pm

Some days I can be high functioning and some days not so much, just depends on how overloaded I am or other issues that crop up. Mikie

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Lostiehere
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18 Mar 2015, 10:31 pm

MindBlind wrote:

I think two hashtags are needed:

#LowFunctioningMeans people question your personhood

#HighFunctioningMeans people questioning the validity of your difficulties

#LowFunctioningMeans people expecting very little from you and treating you like an infant your whole life.

#HighFunctioningMeans people expecting you to completely ovecome, or at the very least, mask your problems or else you're not "trying hard enough".

#LowFunctioningMeans people think your disability is a prison

#HighFunctioningMeans people think your disability is an excuse

#LowFunctioningMeans you're not a person in the eyes of others

#HighFunctioningMeans your not a good enough person in the eyes of others

I can do this all day.

There are rare moments that I wish there was a "like button" and this is one of them. Thanks for sharing this.

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19 Mar 2015, 7:25 am

WP spends so much time trying not to segregate low functioning from high functioning that some of the comments are honestly a bit shocking.

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