Would like to quote my post from an other website regarding highfunctioning autism
IMO this high/low functioning is a very dangerous thing. People call me a #highfunctional #autistic person, they try to compliment me with this. What's the true purpose of calling me that? They devide us autistic people in two classes, judged by allistic "values".
Am I highfunctional in being an autistic person or being highfunctional in masking and pretending not being me?
Doesn't calling me highfunctional move the focus from me being autistic to me pretending being someone else? And forcing me to mask?
High or low has nothing to do with being autistic but with the ability or willingness to act in an allistic way. This is nor acceptable.
Don't call me a #highfunctioning #autistic person.
I'm:
a highfunctioning co-worker - hire me and you get a 100 % commitment
a highfunctioning friend - I'll be on your site whenever you need me
a lowfunctioning chess player
a highfunctioning reader of useless books
a lowfunctioning archer
and a semifunctioning baker of cakes
But at the end of the day, I'm just a valuable autistic person - one of more than 80 Mio valuable autistic people all over the world.
Shino Me