Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term âhigh functioning autismâ to be abandoned because of the mislea
âThe term âhigh functioning autismâ is not a diagnostic term and is based on an IQ assessment, rather than a functional assessment,â Dr Alvares said.
âIt was originally used to describe people without an intellectual disability, yet somehow has crept into everyday use and has come to imply that people can manage perfectly fine, and donât experience any everyday challenges.â
Dr Alvares said that for many individuals with autism spectrum disorder, this couldnât be further from the truth."
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A module name should help you know what kind of writing belongs there.
That is why functional names are easier to use than vague pretty labels.
Give each box a job
Instead of naming a box something decorative but unclear, give it a job: Daily, Notes, Memory, Tomorrow, or Follow-up.
Those names are plain, but they lower friction. You do not have to interpret the section before using it.
The name starts the writing
A module called Daily asks for today. Notes accepts loose information. Memory invites a moment worth keeping. Tomorrow points your mind forward. Follow-up keeps unfinished things from disappearing.
The name does not need to be clever. It needs to start the right kind of writing.
Reduce the extra decision
Pretty labels often feel nice while designing the page, but they can become vague when you actually sit down to write.
If the title does not tell you what belongs there, the module becomes one more decision.
Functional labels make the spread calmer because every section already knows its role.
Clear names make page modules usable before they make them pretty.
Images are original hand-drawn journal layout mockups, not screenshots of an app UI. Use this as a page-structure habit for journals, planners, memory keeping, project logs, study notebooks, or digital note templates.
This may be only how I view labels, but there's two common ways to use labels. This is about LGBT+/mogai labels, more below the cuts.
(I use both these types, so I'll be using my own labels as reference.)
Informational labels
Is functionally an infodump in one label, and every label you add is an additional infodump. (which is fine, you're describing a complex of being, not a three bean burrito)
These are technically functional, in that they solve a porpoise to relay information as accurately and as quickly as possible. It's better than giving paragraphs after paragraphs describing every last one in your genders/orientations.
Example: Omnipanflexi; this is four infodumps in one label, describing that I'm Omni, pan, can my orientation fluctuates, and with the lack of sexual/romantic, but this is most likely for all my types of attractions. It's not fully accurate;
In that I fluctuate into more labels but {do the fact that that only happens for 5 minutes to a day every couple of months} I don't see those as necessary to describe me/my experience.
In short// omnipanflexi doesn't have all the information but describes me as much as I see necessary.
Functional labels
These labels aren't meant to relay accurate information, rather; is to use a label to describe the situation that outwardly looks similar/being an impersonal description of an experience. (I don't know if I'm holding that correctly so on to the...)
Example: I identify as demisexual; someone who doesn't experience sexual attraction until they have created a bond to a particular person.
But I do experience sexual attraction no matter my connection to someone, but I have trauma that causes me to be such a people pleaser, that I cannot actually give consent before a specific point in a relationship; where I can say no without feeling guilty, even after I've agreed and just changed my mind. Leaving me functionally demisexual, but not definition wise. (Which should not change, the definition makes sense how it is!!)
Demisexual also has the added function of giving myself permission to say no because I'm not at that place yet, and too late the information to not expect sex without me laying out my trauma. (Which is part of the reason why I don't use any of the labels that specifically describe "because of trauma")
This is simply something I wanted to share to help give people permission to use labels, even if they're not a perfect fit. And to explain why some people use labels, while others don't.
In short// I always can experience sexual attraction, but the label "demisexual" is helpful for when I'm not ready to be vulnerable.
