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To call them autistic or people with autism
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RE: To call them autistic or people with autism
(January 8, 2016 at 10:36 am)TrueChristian Wrote: Ill go out on a limb and say "people with autism."

It just seems more dignified and does not reduce a person to just one thing they have.

Saying "person with autism" seems otherizes them somewhat less, and perhaps might not validate mistreatment of them in the same way.

The same reason that "Jewish person" is better than "Jew."

I disagree. I am a woman, middle-aged, white, atheist, American, dyslexic, and a variety of other things. None of them is my only defining feature. By saying a person of or blank person instead of just American, or dyslexic, or woman, you suggest that there's something objectionable about those traits. You also needlessly complicate the language and give everyone one more reason to be butt-hurt.
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RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 8, 2016 at 11:41 am
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by c172 - January 7, 2016 at 5:42 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by Exian - January 7, 2016 at 7:41 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 8, 2016 at 12:08 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by Jenny A - January 8, 2016 at 10:57 am
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 9, 2016 at 4:59 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 9, 2016 at 6:29 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 10, 2016 at 9:52 am
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 10, 2016 at 11:47 am
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 10, 2016 at 8:32 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 10, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 11, 2016 at 12:10 am
RE: To call them autistic or people with autism - by MTL - January 9, 2016 at 4:39 pm

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