[neckbones]

Hey everyone! I️ don’t know if this is the correct forum but I’m curious how you feel about identity first vs person first language?

Examples:
Identity first = autistic person
Person first = person with autism

personally, I prefer identity first because I think sayin “with autism” makes it sound like i️m suffering from it or it’s an illness, anyways I’m curious what you all think about it? or if you just don’t mind either way

[Skeezyks]

Well... this was a big issue within the developmental disabilities community a few years ago. (Perhaps it still is. I don't know.) But when it was, the preferred phraseology was: "person with a developmental disability" because this phraseology emphasized that the individual was a person first. And, in fact, there was (presumably still is?) a self-advocacy movement within the developmental disabilities community called: "People First".

Personally I don't really much care which phraseology is used. But I know some people are sensitive to these sorts of things. So whenever the occasion would arise, in the past, I would always try to be "politically correct". Nowadays I live an almost entirely reclusive lifestyle. So I don't have occasion to deal with these kinds of concerns. But it's an interesting topic.

[Teddy Bear]

To me it wouldn't matter