"High Functioning" Autism EXPOSED

Some people are very keen on describing me as a "high functioning" autistic adult, and they're not always trying to be nice. So if that's what I am, what's "high functioning" autism actually like? #EngageAutism #AutismAcceptance #actuallyautistic Support Autistamatic on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/autistamatic 00:00 Introduction 01:20 What do YOU think? 02:22 1984 03:07 Masks 04:39 Gut feeling 05:53 Alexithymia 07:57 Interoception 08:57 The Hunger Games 11:07 Tired yet? 14:57 Ups & downs 15:45 Medicine 16:33 Core traits 18:03 To be fair Find more at https://www.autistamatic.com/ Autistamatic Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/autistamatic Autistic Primer (playlist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XdtuFETrvU&list=PL3R_uyUBjsuCX4FellgOexpKXdyIv9j3q&pp=gAQBiAQB Made with Shotcut, open source video editing software https://shotcut.org/ Images, stock video, sound effects and music not created by the channel are either used under license from their appointed vendors, have been obtained from YouTube creator resources or from the following PD/CC sources: https://www.rgbstock.com/​​ https://www.videvo.net/​​ (author - Videvo) https://pixabay.com/​​ https://filmmusic.io/​​ https://freesound.org/​​ Every effort has been made to ensure that copyrights are respected and that material used is in the public domain. Where copyrighted material is used it is under the terms of "fair use" for educational and/or critical purposes. All copyrights remain the property of their respective owners.