RE: To call them autistic or people with autism
January 7, 2016 at 4:09 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2016 at 4:10 pm by Kingpin.)
I can see the difference between the two. To me I would prefer to be called "a person with ____" because to me, to say I'm "autistic" is making that a defining quality about me. I wouldn't want my autism to define who I am. I am first a person. A person with autism. Not an autistic person. Make sense? That's just my opinion on it.
The same could be said about handicaps. Is it is a handicapped person, or a person with a handicap? Disabled person or a person with a disability? I don't know, but to me it's more PC to say, "A person with X" since you are putting their person-hood as primary and not demoting them to whatever "ailment" they may have.
The same could be said about handicaps. Is it is a handicapped person, or a person with a handicap? Disabled person or a person with a disability? I don't know, but to me it's more PC to say, "A person with X" since you are putting their person-hood as primary and not demoting them to whatever "ailment" they may have.
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