@gastarbajterica @hellomiakoda I think one of my "favourite" quotes about low/high functioning labels: "low function is used to deny us agency; high function is used to deny us support"
(I'm also one of the "in the middle". Quite verbal, aka good at talking, pretty damned smart and good at picking up a lot of new skills ... but as much as I'm decent at dealing with people, it exhausts me, and I'm "high functioning" riiight up until I'm not)