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WhatThe

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Autistic person

Please let's not invent terms to describe ourselves. We are not "autistics". It sounds too much like another word we no longer use.

Autistic is an adjective not a noun.

Scope is very clear about acceptable terminology to use when describing autistic people such as myself. Thank you!

Littlefatfriend

If it was relevant to the conversation I was having, I'd refer to "People with autism".

I'm a person with a physical disability and I think the person is by far the most important aspect of both those phrases.

That's just me.

Good luck being you

😺

WhatThe

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1089460#Comment_1089460

Why use three words when you can use two? 😉

It is who I am rather than an add-on, in fact it has me!

Scope, please tell us the various terms you recommend we use - I can't find them - thanks.

Mary_Scope

Hi @WhatThe

Here is the link to Scopes page about how we speak about disability and we would say somebody is autistic or on the autism spectrum in Scope😊