To call them autistic or people with autism

[Kingpin]

While not having autism as you guys know I'm blind. I feel like pwd is trying too hard and invalidates my lived experience. Im a blind person. No it's not all I am but it's as much apart of me as my skin color or gender or sexual orientation. And no one calls me a person with blackness, a person with pansexuality, or a person with femaleness.

I was literally going to type the same thing in reponsd to king pin, but you hit the nail on the head.

I can certainly see that.  I think both ways have their merits and neither is wrong.  It really depends on the persons own feelings on the subject.  I can see BQ's point though.