@sighniu when I was nine, I was told I was mentally younger, but at the same time at 9 I had an IQ of 109 so I frankly have no idea what that meant exactly but I consider myself high functioning because I can care for myself, and I would be able to for example live at college and work a job the only thing I can't do is drive but that has nothing to do with autism (legally cannot drive untill I'm seizure free for 6 months in my state) and I can still live an average life walking to my work or taking a bus for example. I don't need help in my day to day life anymore than most people do, and i'm more independent than a lot of other people my age without ASD surprisingly and i'm not entirely sure why honestly. I think the mental age thing was likely a misdiagnoses or I was it was due to the social isolation I faced when I was younger that left me seeming younger mentally.

terms like : high functioning/ low support needs autism and profound/ high support needs autism seem to be an interesting tabbo I have seen online, and they have people who like the terms and people who find them rude and offensive.

argument for using such terms:

they can help convey how much support or help they might need, just saying "this person has autism" doesn't mean much. someone with high support needs well, a lot of support and needs help in their daily lives quite a bit where as someone who is low support needs might need a bit of help or none at all and is able to care for themselves better in there daily lives, and clarifying can help make it easier to understand what the person might need.

argument for not using such terms:

terms like "profound" sound very negative and can be proceved as extremely rude and stigmatizing tords the person, where as low support needs or high functioning can make it seem like someone is better than someone who needs more help, or it can make it sound like the person does NOT need ANY help and can lead to high expectations that can be harmful to the person with autism.

my opinion (someone who was diagnosed with ASD at 9)

everyone with autism is diffrent and has different struggles, I get more overwhelmed with noise but I am not super picky about the texture of my clothing for example, and I am capable of caring for my basic needs and I am very independent and don't need any help that most others wouldnt need. but words like ''profound'' do sound very negitive, we could change the term to something less rude but use it to mean the same thing if that's the issue you have with it. I personally think /high/low fuctining can be useful to convey stuff, like I am high functioning, I myself don't need help with things like communication or getting dressed and i'm able to live an independent life. not to discredit or be mean to anyone needing more support, it's a spectrum and autism does affect everyone differently and that should be an important thing to keep in mind as well. I think we should veiw this topic with a bit of nuance and also not forget things like disabled aren't bad or dirty words.

i'd love to hear you guyses' thoughts on this so don't be affraid to reply your opinoin^^^

@Supie-Chan :broken_heart:

@anyisalani it's ok, you don't gotta call yourself ''new gen" coming from someone's been here over a year and emassed over 6k posts and is top poster =v=

you can tap on my username @Yanderemenhera and you should see a chat button and you can shoot me a message and I can help you out with the basics

@NightmareWolfie yeah, that's right. I myself struggle to read that stuff and maybe the translation thing might be nice, i'm just not used to being accomidaited in anyway and it feels weird to ask for it. but I think you explained it really well, thank you

it was old and very, very broken. it'd have a nervous breakdown when you asked about anything post-2024

@Aries I think browsegpt was discontinued

@LarryFire ok? is there anything you can do in the meantime?

@denji oh...

@K1RI4S recroom shutting down, and the browser closing aren't related

@K1RI4S that's unrelated to this post tbh

@sighniu no, it's not on you lol, that statement was directed tords the hypothetical person tryna message you, why even message someone if they don't know what it says. it'd be like if I started typing in hexagonal code to @spamburger on discord and they had no idea what they was looking at

@sighniu bro, if someone is tryna talk to you what's even the point if you can't read it :sob:

how does @Everyone feel about this interpretation?

maybe we just leave it as typing quirks are fine, BUT if you're in DMs and someone asks you to stop typing like that (obviously if your keyboard is broken or something you don't have to do so) you just type normally, doesn't have to be enforced, it can just be something you do to be a decent person, like, there's no rule against flooding my DMs with the most flashy, bright, strobe light GIFS you can find; you'd just not so you don't give me a seizure.

how do we get @Mr.Duran to come home?

@haydencc08 he was probably used as taco bell filler meat

@haydencc08 bro wouldn't even teach my Spanish, he hasn't been online in ages