High functioning is a bit annoying yeah, you get people who are very cynical of it. But the thing is you adapt and learn how to fit in, you're still autistic, that won't change, but you learn how you can mask it and appear as neuro-typical. This is why they think you don't have autism, cause you hide it well or simply just have become used to acting like a NT.

I usually say I've been diagnosed with Aspergers but it doesn't affect me much anymore, which it doesn't, I can blend in as a NT because I've become accustomed to behaving like them. I still prefer having autistic friends though, I can feel more like myself around others with autism.

It honestly feels like I'm putting on a persona to the rest of the world who are neurotypical sometimes haha.