[ SECRET POST #2218 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2218 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

One autistic, many autistics. Why would that be weird or questionable?

-an autistic anon

[ill_omened]

A substantial amount of American disability awareness focuses on people first language.

That is to say it would be 'people with autism' as they believe it's an element of themselves, not a defining feature.

Of course this isn't the case in other countries, for example the UK where they disagree with that language structure, as the general thought is that the condition is a fundamental part of themselves.

[(Anonymous)]

That's true and certainly something I've encountered in my own pre-service training, but person-first language isn't preferred by all disability populations (nor by all individuals within those populations). While we're not as unanimous on it as, say, the Deaf community, autistic people ourselves are pretty diverse in our preferences on that front, and a significant amount of us actively dislike person-first constructions.

(For myself, I personally prefer 'autistic' over 'with autism', but overall I care more about how people treat me than what language they use.)

[(Anonymous)]

This is purely anecdotal, but the majority of the autistic community on Tumblr reject person-first language and prefer to be called autistics rather than people with autism, and disagree with disability awareness that promotes person-first language.

That's not to say that everybody prefers autistic over person with autism, but there is a substantial chunk, so referring to a group of autistic people as "autistics" is fine.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Eh, I've only really heard "autistics" used in a sort of demeaning manner.

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another da

I hadn't seen it until just now, but it rubbed me the wrong way. "Autistic people" seems fine to me, but something about the plural adjective-noun..."whites" and "blacks" feel sort of off in the same way.

[(Anonymous)]

As an autistic/person with autism/person on the spectrum/etc, I really don't care what people call me so long as they're not calling me a retard or a spaz like they did back in the early '00s/'90s.