How do Autistic People feel about this?

[Norion]

Dulfite said:

Norion said:

As an autistic person I don't see it as insulting. I am by definition not the same as other people since I have a disorder that makes me different from people who don't have it so it seems fine to me to categorize in that way. The whole don't put the disability before the person thing just seems like an overly PC gesture and I find gestures like that insulting personally.

You are now the second to bring this up. I haven't heard this perspective before in my years of educational training and being an educator, so thank you for sharing! 

Thank you for responding to this different perspective well! Many people would get defensive and hostile so good on ya for not getting like that at all. A suggestion I have is to not get offended on behalf of others for small things. If you feel that something is offensive to a certain group it's often best to see if people from said group are actually offended by it instead of speaking for them. If it's something genuinely hateful then speaking up regardless is fine but if it's something like this where it's something semantical or a joke the people it's directed at could be fine with it. Basically unless it's clear hateful stuff it's best not to assume how it'll be taken.