thread: A question to parents of Autistic Children

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    Oct 2007
    Middle Victoria
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    Just a quick note, it is more acceptable if you say 'a child with autism' rather than 'an autistic child'. There are many components to a child and a diagnosis of autism is just one of them.

    cheers,

    k

    ETA- i noticed the article also uses 'autistic children', so understand if that's where you got the term from. I;m just trying to spread awareness of putting the person/child first followed by their disability/medical condition/variation/extra factor.
    Last edited by HotI; July 27th, 2009 at 08:36 AM.