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"autistic" or "with autism"?

Post #1 HDLMatchetteTextile"Rightey O!" - Felix

by HDLMatchette Textile

what do you prefer to be called?

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Post #2 headonystBarefoot

RE:"autistic" or "with autism"?

by headonystTextile

Definitely "autistic" - to me, person-first constructions sound condescending. You don't hear of "person with femaleness" or "person with Pakistaniness"

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Post #3 CampingbareSuper NudistIf God wanted us to go around naked, we'd have been born that way!...

RE:"autistic" or "with autism"?

by CampingbareTextile

Aspie! No question. Even though it's not a diagnosis any more.
Otherwise, Autistic, or maybe ASD-1

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