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Understand that someone with autism sees the world in a different way, writes the CEO of Friends Life Community. Opinion: 'We are not broken.' People with autism want a community that embraces them
Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
Approximately 8 in 10 people with autism have a mental health problem in their lifetime, in comparison to 1 in 4 of the general population. [132] [133] [134] A 2019 meta-analysis found autistic people to be four times more likely to have depression than non-autistic people, with approximately 40% of autistic adults having depression. [135]
The survey found that ten percent of autistic people surveyed felt workplaces were inclusive. [ 2 ] The Same Chance report was based on two surveys were conducted on behalf of AsIAm – the first, by Core Research assessed public attitudes to autistic people by surveying 1,000 members of the general public. [ 2 ]
Gavin Bollard always considered himself to be "different" from other kids growing up. For many years, he says, he put it down to being deaf. "My best friend in my primary school years was also ...
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he has been properly diagnosed with autism after what he calls a mistaken diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Ye explains himself again, and this time ...
British autism advocates want autistic people acknowledged as a minority rather than as disabled, because they say that "disability discrimination laws don't protect those who are not disabled but who 'still have something that makes them look or act differently from other people.'" [16] But the autism community is split over this issue, and ...
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