(January 9, 2016 at 4:32 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: If I were autistic, I would prefer to be referred to by my given name, just like everyone else. I guess I'm funny that way.
Oh, sure, I get that. My comment was meant be a tongue-in-cheek response in order to explain to the person there's no need to worry about how to refer to my disorder, because I am not defined by that disorder.
Personally, I don't let any of that stuff bother me. It's just words, and words only have the power that we allow them to have.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
