Your Autism is Mild
As a high functioning adult with Autism I get told comments such as “your Autism is so mild”, “Autism doesn’t impact you that much because your high functioning”. People in the world experience my autism very mildly HOWEVER it doesn’t take away the challenges and effort I’ve put in myself to be where I am today. Each day I strive to be “socially acceptable” because unfortunately I don’t live on planet Autism. There is stigma around the terms “high functioning” and “low functioning”. It is a stereotype that separates people on the spectrum. The Autism Spectrum is called a spectrum for a reason. I feel the term “low functioning” takes away the person with Autism’s abilities and “high functioning” takes away the struggles someone with Autism has. My strengths include attention to detail, honesty, loyalty, and motivation. While someone else with autism may be phenomenal at reading body language and picking up social cues as I am not. People with Autism stand together and help each other c