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Old Nov 20, 2019, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight View Post
Yeah, seen D 3 times, me and H twice. I guess I just worry she doesn't have the right skill set to work with her. She tends to seem unsure of herself. Hesitant in choosing her words (H noticed this as well). And I think I'm a little bothered that she used "autistic" in reference to D (today and some before), but I know that's a controversial topic in the autism community, what terms to use. Dr. T will always just say "on the spectrum" or maybe has a couple times referred to "her autism" but more in the sense of "with her autism, she has x to deal with." So maybe I'm just used to that... I don't know. It sort of feels like "disabled person" vs. "person with disability" to me.

If she is helping your daughter, I wouldn’t worry about the language.

I am disabled and have no issues with the term disabled person, it’s less clunky than person with a disability. I really hated differently abled when that was in vogue, though.
Thanks for this!
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