'Autistic' or 'has autism'? Why words matter and how to get it right
ABCI've learnt a whole new language since my chubby-cheeked toddler Patch was diagnosed on the autism spectrum seven years ago. Almost half of the non-autistic people with no autistic relatives said they only use "person with autism". "This does seem to back up the experience of many of us in the autism community, that professionals are taught to use person-first language but those on the spectrum themselves are more willing to claim the word autistic as their identity," Mr Bonnello says. "However, when those families have the bandwidth and readiness to think about autism differently and embrace their young person's autistic strengths and identity, then we find they take up identity-first language." "It's very rare that I meet an autistic person that does like the phrase high functioning," he says.
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