tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post8828124375885232960..comments2023-12-28T18:05:33.260+13:00Comments on AStrangerInGodzone: So you think we're 'too high-functioning'?StrangerInGodzonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-80116884688274277382017-12-24T11:02:27.529+13:002017-12-24T11:02:27.529+13:00I've just discovered your blog through a link ...I've just discovered your blog through a link shared on Facebook by "The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism". Been clicking around for a while now, because your writing is absolutely brilliant. :) This one might be my personal favourite!<br /><br />Take care,<br />ChrisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926720251414299561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-55050751110346435682017-12-20T22:19:20.652+13:002017-12-20T22:19:20.652+13:00Two points here -
1) Yes, many parents of autisti...Two points here - <br />1) Yes, many parents of autistic children are also not (or not totally) neurotypical also. It is genetic after all. However, if they're not autistic, i don't think you can really compare their struggles. That goes too close to the 'but we're all a little bit autistic' argument, which is nonsense. It's like saying to an asthmatic "oh, we all getStrangerInGodzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092023230098316617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-81988014271289464962017-12-19T10:33:08.627+13:002017-12-19T10:33:08.627+13:00It sounds as though the author doesn't realize...It sounds as though the author doesn't realize how many people who do NOT have an autism label have those same struggles, including many of those parents who are accused of not understanding! It also sounds as though some of you believe that a stranger can understand, speak for, advocate for, a child better than that child's parent, just because they both have been given the same label. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-75217573939728146482017-12-19T09:21:39.828+13:002017-12-19T09:21:39.828+13:00This this this this this thank you.This this this this this thank you.Eleanor Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763912798090466271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-83611654138277210692017-09-26T10:52:48.442+13:002017-09-26T10:52:48.442+13:00Yep, the "functioning" label is always f...Yep, the "functioning" label is always from the viewpoint of the neurotypical never from the viewpoint of the neurodiverse individual...it's grossly ableist and ghaaaaaaaaaa lol yeah...just yuckNowhere Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692745770424918646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-89696013963729946712017-09-26T07:31:59.659+13:002017-09-26T07:31:59.659+13:00^^^This!
Our son.
I despise the term high function...^^^This!<br />Our son.<br />I despise the term high functioning!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026705870906296203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-17022206767453195492017-09-25T23:50:02.723+13:002017-09-25T23:50:02.723+13:00GHAAAAAAAAAA I can't stand functioning labels....GHAAAAAAAAAA I can't stand functioning labels. People don't get how ableist that really is. I'm autistic and I also have the congenital birth defect Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. If I hear "but you don't 'look autistic' you 'manage so well'" again, I'm gonna tear someone's face off LOL (not literally, but you know what I mean :P )<br />I Nowhere Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692745770424918646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-13541432151591950982017-09-13T16:58:40.575+12:002017-09-13T16:58:40.575+12:00Thank you SIGZ, this needs to be said - again and ...Thank you SIGZ, this needs to be said - again and again and again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-60436278363013417232017-09-13T15:25:49.561+12:002017-09-13T15:25:49.561+12:00I love this writing, so many people tell me my kid...I love this writing, so many people tell me my kids "should" be able to do something or be doing something because they are "high functioning". The fact is they can't do it, that is that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580072434029469025.post-37079635666538258322017-09-12T07:18:10.512+12:002017-09-12T07:18:10.512+12:00thank you. if only parents would listen.thank you. if only parents would listen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com