Saying “person with autism” suggests that autism is something bad–so bad that is isn’t even consistent with being a person.
Source: Why I dislike “person first” language by Jim Sinclair
Tag: person first
With a nod to Francis Crick, if your brain is you and you are your brain (with some guidance from your endocrine system and your environmental inputs), then how appropriate or even rational is it to separate the person and the condition? Many people want to say “person with autism,” but to a lot of autistic activists, that phrasing is silly, like saying “Person with Brain.”
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