On a lot of posts on this forum we talk about autism, and us. We differentiate between those two things.
However, clearly, if we are autistic then we are also autism. So I feel as if we need to not refer to those two things separately?
It's extreme, but I sort of want to change my name to autism so people refer to me in one go.
So instead of:
'Oh so you are austistic?' ...'yes, my name is ________, and I am autistic'.
It would go:
'Oh hi there Autism' glad to see you.' 'Yes, hi there, nice to see you too. It's nice to be seen for who I am, and not a person WITH a condition you must accommodate'.
