Professionally, I would still be classified as a "high functioning" alcoholic.
They said they had been told that the disorder was Asperger's syndrome, which is considered a high functioning form of autism.
For the six-month period examined, health care costs totaled approximately $20,000 for a high functioning patient, defined as someone whose Alzheimer's was recently diagnosed and who has memory loss but is still able to conduct some activities of daily life.
It was a story we wanted to believe: an urban school district that overcame the obstacles created by poverty and political turmoil that became a high functioning beacon of hope.
The good news is, we don't have to wait to see how a high functioning system of public schools can consistently excel academically, while using only the limited per pupil revenue available via public funding.
We teach them how to pack it, how to ship it, how to invoice it, how to clear it out of customs, how to import raw materials and how to run a high functioning business.
Dreamland has long been a fascination of mine because it's precisely what you hope to fall into as a teenage misfit: a high functioning carnival of artists, outlaws, losers and freaks who somehow get it together enough to make really cool shit that is about something.
"Julien was a high functioning performer, so colleagues trying to preserve his career would cut him too much slack, which ended up killing him," says Robin. "Everyone gets stressed and has existential woes, but what is different with doctors is the special access they have to drugs.
"Julien was a high functioning performer, so colleagues trying to preserve his career, they cut him too much slack, which ended up killing him," says Robin. "Everyone gets stressed and has existential woes, but what is different with doctors is the special access they have to drugs.
