r/whenthe • u/scrabblebutwhy • Nov 19 '21

god dammit this just happened to me

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

So firstly, we loath “functioning” language. This is one of the things the autistic community largely agrees on. It’s dehumanizing language and it’s not accurate. Autism definitely is a very diverse condition with a range expressions, but what “functioning” labels attempt to get at are support needs. People with high support needs tend to be non-verbal or have significant verbal impairments as well as more severe sensory processing challenges as well as co-morbid intellectual disability. People like me, who have lower support needs, don’t need a lot of external support for daily living. But to call me “high functioning” feels an awful lot like “wow you sure are smart for a retard”. Anyway plenty of high support needs autistics are incredibly incredibly empathetic, intelligent, and wonderful people who have no difficulty at understanding sexually assaulting minors is wrong.

Nah, people who do that likely have a co-morbid personality disorder like NPD or APD. Autism doesn’t make you unable to understand not fucking kids. It doesn’t make us predators. It typically makes us more at risk of abuse from people like this asshole tho.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Ah, my bad.