Autism-related language preferences of English-speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation

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Autism-related language preferences of English-speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation

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Over the past two decades, there have been increasing discussions around which terms should be used to talk about autism. Whilst these discussions have largely revolved around the suitability of identity-first language and person-first language, more recently this debate has broadened to encompass other autism-related terminology (e.g., 'high-functioning'). To date, academic studies have not investigated the language preferences of autistic individuals outside of the United Kingdom or Austral...

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Keating, Connor Tom / Hickman, Lydia / Leung, Joan / Monk, Ruth / Montgomery, Alicia / Heath, Hannah / Sowden, Sophie

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/68400

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Humans / Language / Autistic Disorder / Qualitative Research / Adult / Australia / Autism Spectrum Disorder / autism / disability / neurodiversity / policy / terminology / 52 Psychology / 5203 Clinical and Health Psychology / 5201 Applied and Developmental Psychology / Mental Health / Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) / Basic Behavioral and Social Science / Clinical Research / Pediatric / Behavioral and Social Science / Brain Disorders / Science & Technology / Social Sciences / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Behavioral Sciences / Psychology, Developmental / Psychology / PERSON-1ST LANGUAGE / SOCIAL MODEL / CHALLENGE / IDENTITY / SELF / Community-Based Participatory Research / Community Participation / Stakeholder Participation / Health Sciences / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1109 Neurosciences / 1701 Psychology / 3209 Neurosciences

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