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Terminology

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Are there any particular aspects of autism related terminology that bother you?

Here are some of mine:

1.

ND -v- autistic

NT -v- allistic

The above terms seem (from reading here) to have become interchangeable but, to my mind, they shouldn't be.

Autism is under the umbrella of neurodiversity but so is Tourettes (for example).

Here is a wheel of ND but I've seen some with more 'conditions' included:

If ND is used instead of 'autistic' (when it's actually autism in particular that is probably the subject) I find it hard to follow the arguments/discussion.

2.

Another is the autism spectrum.

I don't know how it was meant when it was first termed, but my understanding of it isn't that there are ends of it that are less autistic, and more autistic, ie becoming more extreme, but rather than we (autistic people) can be less and more extreme as we dip in and out of the symptoms/characteristics:

Below is a link to an article that I think explains it well:

https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/

3.

Also, if other people say 'we are all on the spectrum, all a little bit autistic etc' then I think it's important to bear in mind that a diagnosis is only given if the characteristics of autism that we match to are disabling to us.

How do others see the above and also, are there any other terms that you find difficult/confusing?

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  • My personal dislike is being called neurospicy, it just doesn’t sit right with me. I’ve been called this by a couple of different people and just don’t like it. No real reason, I just find the spicy part makes being say autistic sound fun and entertaining.

  • in reply to Roy

    Oh yes! I hate that word! If I described myself as neurospicy I would be putting myself on display. I see all kinds of images that aren’t what the word means—sandpaper, spotted, red, choppy, spiky, jaggy, Zanzibar, unpredictable, unreliable, sexual preference, gritty, ginger, hot. Also, it sends a nasty feeling through my torso.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    Have experienced nasty feeling thro' my torso following consumption of spice too  !

    Joking aside I get what you mean - that feeling you describe i know think of as being a "gut feeling" of something being wrong in a wider sense and cues me up for some hard analysis for what the cause is.

    Then comes the often even harder part of what one might do about it!

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    Have experienced nasty feeling thro' my torso following consumption of spice too  !

    Joking aside I get what you mean - that feeling you describe i know think of as being a "gut feeling" of something being wrong in a wider sense and cues me up for some hard analysis for what the cause is.

    Then comes the often even harder part of what one might do about it!

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