On the OTHER hand, this has given me an icon idea...

[conuly]

Conuly:

The aspie with

Femaleness
Intelligence
Humor
Literacy

Except... weird thing... I'm not thinking up more nice words for myself. Wow. Now I feel bad :(

Still, this could beat out "obviously incredibly high functioning" for righteous amusement value.

Comments

[conuly]

Well, the quote is about somebody whom nobody would reasonably call high functioning (and, yes, I know it's a loaded term), so it really, really, really pissed me off. And then, when we all tried to explain why it was a bad statement, they changed their definition of high functioning rather than admit they were wrong.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

For me its not so much its a loaded term, because honestly it's not a part of my life in that it directly affects me or anyone in my immediate circles.

It's more that as I learn more, it seems off. Not right. Like to me, my friends, aquaintences who I guess would be termed 'high functioning' are just 'differently quirked' from my world view.

And then my 'normal' friends, well, some of them are BARELY FUNCTIONING in that I swear I wonder how they make it through the day. They're just that disfunctional.

So why don't they get that label, too?

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Where is the quote?

[conuly]

Oh, you remember. In metaquotes, ages ago.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. The one where the moderator stopped me from being able to respond.

*growl*

[conuly]

Maintainer.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Ah yes.

Did you know that she has another LJ and she's someone who dropped my LJ about a year and a half ago because of the autism issue? She knew me in real life and refuses to believe I'm autistic. Thinks I'm 'putting on airs.'

[leora.livejournal.com]

Well, you know Asperger's is in this year (http://www.livejournal.com/community/dot_gimp_snark/56000.html). You might have missed the memo.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Ah. See, the Trendy Problem Of The Month Club doesn't know I've moved. No wonder I missed the memo.