30 Days of Autism Acceptance 2019 - Day 20
Discuss identity. Do you prefer person first (person with autism) or identity first (autistic person) language? Why? Do you consider autism to be an important part of who you are?
Personally, I rather be called autistic person that person with autism, because as we already said many times you can't separate a person from their autism.Â
I don't like the term "living with autism" or worse "suffering from autism".
I feel like being autistic is one of the most important part of my identity. Being autistic is what make me see the world the way I do. It gives me a lot of struggle most people don't have of course, but it also gives me the passion I have for the things I love. I wouldn't want to have to live without knowing what having special interests feel like.
