Problems with the term “high functioning”
All Autists, no matter where we fall on the spectrum, can function well in some areas and not in others.
All Autists, no matter where we fall on the spectrum, can function well in some areas and not in others.
Emancipated Autism Blog is the Autistic self-advocacy and human rights activism blog of An Emancipated Autist, one of the 26 websites and 29 domains maintained by Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., the founder of the servant of The Emancipated Autism Project™. See the Byline page for additional information.
The Critical Realist framework for this blog is Structurization Theory™.
This blog is focuses mostly on the United Nations values of human rights and social justice, especially their applications to the social and economic development of the autistic community. Links to all of Dr. Foster’s blogs are at this location.