I’d like to start off by saying I have autism.

Many people - autistic and otherwise - have debated whether to refer to us as autistic people, or people with autism.

I’m aware that some people with autism prefer the former description, autistic people. Personally, I don’t mind either description. I’d guess most of us aren’t that bothered, although I don’t know for sure.

That being said, the latter description, people with autism, is widely considered to be more politically correct.

Neurotypical people will visit this community, and we don’t want to offend them by using the incorrect term to describe ourselves.

/s, by the way. Never let an NT tell you what to call yourself.

  • asterisk@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That being said, the latter description, people with autism, is widely considered to be more politically correct.

    I’d heard (from an autistic person) that it’s generally the other way around.

    I may be mis-remembering some of what he said, but he seemed to indicate “with” is usually used a bit more for temporary, or maybe treatable conditions. He described it in terms of his identity, he is autistic.

    …

    Just spent 10 minutes thinking about all of the above and then got to your “/s”. Feeling like I took a lot of the above too literally… Ya got me!