5 definitions by eboybur
high functioning and low functioning are both common medical term which are actually very harmful to use.
they're often used to measure how easy disabled people are to interact with and not actually how their disorder affects them.
when someone is labelled as high functioning, people assume they have no struggles whatsoever, so they don't look out for them. and then they might have a meltdown or burnout because they've had to push through those feelings all of the time.
and when someone is labelled as low functioning, people assume they're stupid or something along those lines, so they baby low functioning people. even when they're full-grown adults!
(when i use the term "disabled" i mean anyone who is affected by a learning disability or anything similar, if my usage of this term comes off as offensive, just know that i apologise, but i am saying all of this as a disabled person, so ofc i wouldn't use that term to purposefully harm anyone!)
they're often used to measure how easy disabled people are to interact with and not actually how their disorder affects them.
when someone is labelled as high functioning, people assume they have no struggles whatsoever, so they don't look out for them. and then they might have a meltdown or burnout because they've had to push through those feelings all of the time.
and when someone is labelled as low functioning, people assume they're stupid or something along those lines, so they baby low functioning people. even when they're full-grown adults!
(when i use the term "disabled" i mean anyone who is affected by a learning disability or anything similar, if my usage of this term comes off as offensive, just know that i apologise, but i am saying all of this as a disabled person, so ofc i wouldn't use that term to purposefully harm anyone!)
Person 1: so you have high functioning autism?
Person 2: on the outside that may be true for you, but on the inside life is very difficult for me, so i'd prefer if you didn't force functioning labels on me and just do your best to support me instead.
P1: oh crap, sorry man, thanks for explaining
Person 2: on the outside that may be true for you, but on the inside life is very difficult for me, so i'd prefer if you didn't force functioning labels on me and just do your best to support me instead.
P1: oh crap, sorry man, thanks for explaining
by eboybur June 11, 2022
it's an ableist slur that affects autistic people and other learning disabilities, it's often used as a synonym for "stupid" which implies all autistic/neurodivergent people are stupid. and no, they're very much not. albert einstein is theorised to be autistic and many autistic people have average or above average iq. so using it as a synonym for "stupid" shows off just how uneducated those kinds of people really are! it used to be a medical term, but it has never been used in a positive way, this is the kind of slur that should not be reclaimed. (yes, i shouldn't be reclaiming it either, but i'm only making this since all the other definitions for this are so terrible and it hurts my autistic soul to read them.)
i'm using retard for educational purposes only, as much as it is good to spread this information around it sucks that i also have to say the word for people to understand this
by eboybur June 11, 2022
someone of any gender who's attracted to two or more genders.
this identity is on the multisexual-spectrum.
sometimes bi people experience a preference for a certain gender, but being bi is a huge spectrum, so even if someone's bi and only attracted to men 10% of the time and other genders 90% of the time, that wouldn't make that person any less bi.
when i say "bi" i mean someone who is bisexual, biromantic, bi-whatever other form of attraction one experiences to two or more genders!
this identity is on the multisexual-spectrum.
sometimes bi people experience a preference for a certain gender, but being bi is a huge spectrum, so even if someone's bi and only attracted to men 10% of the time and other genders 90% of the time, that wouldn't make that person any less bi.
when i say "bi" i mean someone who is bisexual, biromantic, bi-whatever other form of attraction one experiences to two or more genders!
by eboybur June 11, 2022
a person who experiences attraction to multiple genders. this includes bi, pan, omni, poly, and many more identities.
multi- is the prefix used, it can be multisexual, multiromantic, or whatever other form of attraction one feels towards multiple genders.
multi- is the prefix used, it can be multisexual, multiromantic, or whatever other form of attraction one feels towards multiple genders.
by eboybur June 11, 2022
dumbass white people who are mostly rappers that genuinely think it's ok to reclaim / say a slur the n-slur that doesn't affect them
XANAKIN SKYWOK's music is so ass all he does is fcking scream, people who think that's cool need a better sense of humour and to grow up, because racism isn't funny and neither is loud shit. only kids, CHILDREN think that shit's funny.
by eboybur June 11, 2022