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I read an article the other day that I will try and find. It was about someone who has a disability and person-first language that would prefer to be identified by their disability-as in "I am disabled" or " I am autistic" vs. I am a person with autism or I am a person with a disability. She says its ok with her to have her disability entwined with who she is because to her its very much what defines her. So it got me thinking.
Sometimes I say "I have bipolar or I am bipolar". A lot of times I will say "I have adhd" or "I am adhd" . I do not think I am bothered one way or another about it. If someone said "she's bipolar" rather than she has bipolar I think I would be ok with that too. I am not bother by people wanting person-first language but I think maybe I do not understand what that means.
Can someone else chime in on what person-first language is as it pertains to disabilities and mental health disorders? What do you think about it? Are you offended if someone uses on over the other? Are you bothered by it?
I think its easy to get the nuances confused when talking about these things. I am sure I have slipped up and said something the wrong way so I am curious as to what you all think about it.
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