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“It Defines Who I Am” or “It’s Something I Have”: What Language Do [Autistic] Australian Adults [on the Autism Spectrum] Prefer?

Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023-02, Vol.53 (2), p.677-687 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 ;2020. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. ;COPYRIGHT 2023 Springer ;Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020. ;ISSN: 0162-3257 ;EISSN: 1573-3432 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04425-3 ;PMID: 32112234

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Title:
“It Defines Who I Am” or “It’s Something I Have”: What Language Do [Autistic] Australian Adults [on the Autism Spectrum] Prefer?
Author: Bury, Simon M. ; Jellett, Rachel ; Spoor, Jennifer R. ; Hedley, Darren
Subjects: Adult ; Adults ; Attitudes ; Australia ; Autism ; Autism Spectrum Disorder - diagnosis ; Autism Spectrum Disorders ; Autistic Disorder - diagnosis ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Child and School Psychology ; Computational linguistics ; Foreign Countries ; Humans ; Identification (Psychology) ; Identity ; Inclusion ; Jargon ; Labeling (of Persons) ; Language ; Language processing ; Language Usage ; Medical diagnosis ; Methods ; Natural language interfaces ; Neurosciences ; Original Paper ; Pediatrics ; Pragmatics ; Preferences ; Psychology ; Public Health ; Self Concept ; Stigma
Is Part Of: Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023-02, Vol.53 (2), p.677-687
Description: There has been a recent shift from person-first to identity-first language to describe autism. In this study, Australian adults who reported having a diagnosis of autism ( N = 198) rated and ranked autism-terms for preference and offensiveness, and explained their choice in free-text. ‘Autistic’, ‘Person on the Autism Spectrum’, and ‘Autistic Person’ were rated most preferred and least offensive overall. Ranked-means showed ‘person on the autism spectrum’ was the most preferred term overall. Six qualitative themes reflected (1) autism as core to, or (2) part of one’s identity, (3) ‘spectrum’ reflecting diversity, (4) the rejection of stigmatising and (5) medicalised language, and (6) pragmatics. These findings highlight the importance of inclusive dialogue regarding individual language preference.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0162-3257
EISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04425-3
PMID: 32112234
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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ProQuest Central

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“It Defines Who I Am” or “It’s Something I Have”: What Language Do [Autistic] Australian Adults [on the Autism Spectrum] Prefer?

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