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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Thanks for sharing your perspective on this. I'd be bothered by "differently abled" as well--it sounds just over-the-top PC. I guess really "on the spectrum" isn't that far removed from "disabled person." I suppose the equivalent of "person with a disability" would be "person with autism" or "person on the autism spectrum." I'm not sure why it feels different to me hearing "she's on the spectrum, right?" vs. "she's autistic, right?" Maybe I just have the DSM V imprinted on my brain or something...
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I wonder if it feels different because she’s a therapist—so if she’s not aware of how person-first language is important to many people, what else is she not aware of? If that makes any sense. Not that it’s so wrong or bad that she said it, but that maybe it says something about her as a professional?