Lintar wrote:
We are much more than just "autism", but saying that that is who you are by using the expression "autistic child/adult" gives people the impression that you allow yourself to be dictated by it, that you wouldn't be the same person person without it.
If I am correct that is what it boils down to for you, what other people are going to think. As they say haters are going to hate no matter what you call yourself. Call yourself what you feel. If you think of autism as curse call yourself a person cursed with autism.
For bad and good I do not think I would be the same person without it. I guess the autism part and the personality part of me are two different things but at this point in my life they are fused so tightly together as to be indistinguishable and unbreakable.
“Autist” sounds elitist to me. I do not relate to the term at all.
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Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman