For those who are interested, I’ve just posted a list of definitions of commonly used terminology in the autism community as a (.pdf ) on my “Longer, Less Personal Writing” page of my website. It includes short definitions of general terminology, related conditions, important professionals an autistic person (and their family/caregivers) may encounter, and common mental health conditions experienced by autistic people.
I’ve noticed there seems to be a need for such basic information, so I created a document with it all in one place. I hope it will facilitate easier conversations among those of us in the autism community, both veterans and newbies. It’s not meant to be all-inclusive necessarily (is that even possible?), but more of a starting point. A “welcome to the autism community” resource for the newly diagnosed, and an easy go-to for those with more knowledge looking for the information all in one place. 🙂.
I’ve tried to make the language disability/neurodiversity friendly, but at the same time make it easy to find the medical terminology most commonly used. (Which, by the way, is really, really hard, given how ableist medical language is!!!) I’m sure I messed up in a few places. Please excuse me if I did. And if you have any good suggestions for changing any of those errors, please let me know and I’ll fix them as soon as energy, executive functioning and language processing allows! 😀💗
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