person-first language

“El Espectro” (Español)

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This is a Spanish language translation of this post, which is in English. Post traducido del original en Ingles. Hoy es el Día Mundial del Autismo y como tal hoy quiero hablar de las diferentes formas en que nos identificamos a lxs autistas. En esta página verán que el término que más usaré será “autista” … Read more

Person-First or Identity-First? (AA23)

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On this site, you will always see me saying “Autistic person” (or its variants, Autistic adult, Autistic child, etc) instead of “person with autism”. But you might have heard (just like I did in school) that it ought to be the opposite! What is the story there? Person-first language is a movement that rose up … Read more