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#reblog#polls#autism#asd#tagged commentary#personally we hate ''person with Autism''#'people first' language actually really fucking bothers us and makes everything sound so disgustingly medicalised#plus it pushes this idea that it's bad to be xyz#We are Autistic. I am Autistic. This is neither grammatically incorrect nor bad. ''Autistic'' is a word and we will use it#Saying we're ADHD is not so grammatically correct and that is why we don't say that#Generally the acronym is something you have and that can be peope first but a single word is not#We /are/ Autistic and amistic and anxious and traumatied and depressed and bi-polar#We /have/ ASD and ADHD and GAD and C-PTSD and MDD and Bi-Polar Disorder#and OCD and OCPD and ODPD and APD and misophonia#with Autism specifically it just feels so entirely wrong#plus it seems like the only people pushing it are 'Autism moms' who are not Autistic and not the Autistic people themselves#Physical disabilites too#yeah we /have/ chronic pain and we /have/ Fibromyalgia and we /have/ a bad back and we /have/ fucked up hips and a fucked up gait#yes we /do/ /have/ disabilites but We Are Disabled#we are a Disabled Person not a ''person with a disability'' or a ''person who struggles with disabilities''#do not call us that my stars. do not#I will deck you#it's giving ''Germxn'' I'm so serious#disabled people (majoritively) are not asking for this#queued#– C-137 🧪#date — 29 May 2024