tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post5339700538946611986..comments2023-10-22T10:41:47.141-04:00Comments on Samantha Pierce: Autistic vs With AutismSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521007829712936219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post-59413023056346169372008-04-08T01:23:00.000-04:002008-04-08T01:23:00.000-04:00The most eloquent argument I know of for "autistic...The <A HREF="http://www.jimsinclair.org/person_first.htm" REL="nofollow">most eloquent argument</A> I know of for "autistic person" rather than "person with autism" was written several years ago by Jim Sinclair, cofounder of <A HREF="http://www.ani.ac" REL="nofollow">Autism Network International</A>, the autistic self-advocacy organization that produces the annual <A HREF="http://www.ani.ac/aut08.html" REL="nofollow">Autreat</A> conference/retreat.<BR/><BR/>I'm both a parent and an adult on the autism spectrum. I *greatly* prefer "autistic person", for the same reasons Jim puts forth.<BR/><BR/>I wrote about the subject too, in the appendices of a <A HREF="http://www.case.edu/affil/sce/Texts_2005/Autism%20and%20Representation%20Schwarz.htm" REL="nofollow">paper</A> I contributed to <A HREF="http://www.case.edu/affil/sce/Representing%20Autism.html" REL="nofollow">Autism and Representation</A>, an academic conference held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in October 2005, examining the way autism and autistic people are represented in literature, film, and popular culture. There are a few more sources worth reading, that I mentioned in the paper, among them Jean Kearns Miller's wonderful anthology of writings by women on the spectrum, <A HREF="http://www.womenfromanotherplanet.com" REL="nofollow">Women From Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism</A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510151176700173298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post-29832746578651131882008-04-03T19:32:00.000-04:002008-04-03T19:32:00.000-04:00I'm not surprised. I suppose many a parent would t...I'm not surprised. I suppose many a parent would tend to think of autism as something separate in their child while the autistic adult would recognise it as a component of their being.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521007829712936219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post-92230800302792604532008-04-03T13:27:00.000-04:002008-04-03T13:27:00.000-04:00I did a poll a few months ago asking parents and a...I did a poll a few months ago asking parents and autistic people which they prefer. The parents said 'with autism' and the autistic people preferd autistic.Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.com