POLL Autistic Child or Child with Autism - or I don't care

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Do you prefer being called
Autistic Child 31%  31%  [ 16 ]
Child with Autism 14%  14%  [ 7 ]
I don't care 55%  55%  [ 28 ]
Total votes : 51

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20 Feb 2018, 10:19 am

I personally don't care


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20 Feb 2018, 10:22 am

Child with Autism

but only because I don't like the word autistic, especially as a noun


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20 Feb 2018, 10:56 am

<--- Autistic adult.



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20 Feb 2018, 11:03 am

I lean towards "child with autism," but the distinction really doesn't have much of an impact on me most of the time.



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20 Feb 2018, 12:00 pm

Skilpadde wrote:
Child with Autism

but only because I don't like the word autistic, especially as a noun


Why do you object to "autistic"?



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20 Feb 2018, 12:03 pm

As long as you don't say "autist"!

YUCK!


Logically an "autist" would be someone who "does" autism on purpose as a profession.



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20 Feb 2018, 12:42 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
As long as you don't say "autist"!

YUCK!


Logically an "autist" would be someone who "does" autism on purpose as a profession.

Merriam-Webster, the "American dictionary" offers "autist" as a noun ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autist ), and "autistic" as an adjective ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autistic ).

Therefore, I call myself an "autist" who is "autistic" because I exhibit evidence of "autism."


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20 Feb 2018, 1:34 pm

AspieUtah wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
As long as you don't say "autist"!

YUCK!


Logically an "autist" would be someone who "does" autism on purpose as a profession.

Merriam-Webster, the "American dictionary" offers "autist" as a noun ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autist ), and "autistic" as an adjective ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autistic ).

Therefore, I call myself an "autist" who is "autistic" because I exhibit evidence of "autism."


How much do the pay you for your services as an "Autist"?

If MerriamWebster endorses it then MerrianWebster can get stuffed.

Someone who does art is an ..."artist". Someone who does science is a...."scientist".

Ergo the word "autist" can only mean a "person who does autism on purpose as a craft, or a profession". There may even be some NT individuals who do do that (make a profession of faking autism as a craft or a profession) to get government assistance. But most of us on the autism spectrum do not get paid to do autism on stage, on command, as a profession.

Granted the word "autistic" was originally an adjective, and not a noun. But many adjectives become nouns.

People of the White race are called "whites" (not "Whiteners" nor "Whitists"), and Black folks are also called "Blacks" (not Blackists, nor Blackeners). :lol:

I dunno. The word just sounds so WRONG.



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20 Feb 2018, 2:19 pm

I am autistic, as apposed to I have autism, because I have autism makes it sounds like an illness.

I agree with Skilpadde that the word autism is preferable to the word autistic though.

I also quite like the word autist, but it does sound like artist with a funny accent, but then I like artists and funny accents.



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20 Feb 2018, 2:50 pm

I don't care.


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20 Feb 2018, 3:12 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
As long as you don't say "autist"!

YUCK!


Logically an "autist" would be someone who "does" autism on purpose as a profession.


an autive :wink:


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20 Feb 2018, 3:19 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

If MerriamWebster endorses it then MerrianWebster can get stuffed.


Dictionaries don't endorse words. They just describe what people use. Enough people must use "autist" to include it in the there.



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20 Feb 2018, 3:20 pm

How about "child" instead? Why would I want to be identified by my neurological condition?



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20 Feb 2018, 4:44 pm

In this case, the word "with" is a waste of space and breath.


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20 Feb 2018, 4:58 pm

Quantum wrote:
How about "child" instead? Why would I want to be identified by my neurological condition?


Because this is the real world.

In the real world a child with autism doesn't have the option of ever being called just "a child".

The options are:wierd child, problem child, ret*d childed, neurotic child, or...some variant of "child with autism". Any of the variants of CWC is better than the previous options.



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20 Feb 2018, 5:07 pm

AspieUtah wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
As long as you don't say "autist"!

YUCK!


Logically an "autist" would be someone who "does" autism on purpose as a profession.

Merriam-Webster, the "American dictionary" offers "autist" as a noun ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autist ), and "autistic" as an adjective ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autistic ).

Therefore, I call myself an "autist" who is "autistic" because I exhibit evidence of "autism."


My God. I have never heard someone say "autist" before.

It's similar to how people with British accents say "artist!"


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