From the autistic side of things, a lot of us dislike “has autism” or “person with autism” because it implies there’s a hidden, non-autistic person underneath the autism. Not everyone feels this way of course, but for people that do they may transfer that way of speaking onto other things like ADHD as well.

[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I completely agree. I don't have autism, it's not a disease, it's part of who I am like my ethnicity. I am so fucking tired of having to conform to what neurotypicals think I should be.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Thank you! I've always struggled with when to use person first language and when not to. This is the first time I've seen it explained in a way that makes sense to me.

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