Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Autism? A TED Talk by Justin Robbins
The above link is to an interesting talk by a young man on the autism spectrum. It’s worth watching the whole thing but at six minutes and 20 seconds into his presentation he brings up the issue of how to refer to someone with autism. Should it be “autistic person” or “person with autism”? He is strongly in favor of the former. What are your thoughts?