Gotta love allistics (non-autistics) educating autistics how they should use person first language ("I have autism") instead of identity first language ("I am autistic".)
A huge majority of autistics themselves prefer IFL. #Autism
It's not just being fussy about words. To many of us autistics these two have a totally different meaning.
"I have autism" is like I was carrying autism like a handbag separate to me.
"I am autistic" tells that it IS me, it is a huge part of who and what I am.
#LanguageMatters#ActuallyAutistic
