February 2012
2 posts
Here’s a positive one that was completely unexpected but so wonderful:
“But if she suffers all of these consequences for pushing herself to do all of these things, to the point where she can’t eat, can’t get out of bed, can’t take care of herself, how is that high-functioning?”
-My father, attending an autism awareness session with my psychologist. Amazing,...
“She has autism, but she’s very high-functioning.” Not just high-functioning, but very high-functioning! I’m really moving up in the world! This was shortly after she had read something I had written about having been hospitalized repeatedly throughout my adolescence and young adulthood, sent to an institution because it was clear that I could not live on my own (later...
