Another problem with functioning labels is people think "low functioning" when seeing an autistic person thriving by being their authentic self and receiving the support they need and "high functioning" when they see an autistic person masking while silently crashing and burning. - ThreadSky

dailysnailies.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Another problem with functioning labels is people think "low functioning" when seeing an autistic person thriving by being their authentic self and receiving the support they need and "high functioning" when they see an autistic person masking while silently crashing and burning.

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kristenstuffs.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think the terms are just inherently discriminating

Like people are still cognitive and can react to what they hear even if it's not external

Like calling someone "low functioning" is rude

kristenstuffs.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not the same, but similar to when a new doctor (who we never went back to see, cuz I told my mom the following) who saw my ears once whispered to my mom that I probs couldn't even hear him speak

I could. Very well actually despite my hearing issues.

It felt like mockery, shameful, and rude

kristenstuffs.bsky.social•4 days ago

By some coincidence the same thing happened to me again like 7-8 years later and I got my revenge by speaking up lol

dailysnailies.bsky.social•4 days ago

People suck sometimes

miss-billigend.bsky.social•3 days ago

Low functioning means you're of low value for NTs, nothing more.

dailysnailies.bsky.social•4 days ago

Absolutely, and they have some messed up origins too.

dailysnailies.bsky.social•4 days ago

Visual aid to emphasize my point

dailysnailies.bsky.social•4 days ago

A truly well functioning autistic person will look a lot like what people think when they think of a "low functioning" autistic person because you function the best when you aren't fucking yourself up in order to appease people.

jessie-shadowhold.bsky.social•3 days ago

I do wonder if those labels could have been useful to Autistic and ADHD ppl if we got to use them for ourselves to describe how easy/hard it is for us to function in society without accomidation, but alas, it's been tainted by the nerotypicals being asses about it

darrenshea.me•3 days ago

The “functioning” labels are assigned as how comfortable NT people are around us. It really doesn’t reflect any level of our inner struggles, it just measures how well we fit in.

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