What’s with “Identity First” or “Person First” Language?
Ok so it’s taken me a while to feel like I can say anything authoritative on this subject. And remember - I’m just one person. But since I first started researching autism, I‘ve run into a lot of debate in various circles about whether it’s better to use “person-first” or “identity-first“ language. Let me break this down a bit. Person-first language is putting the person before the label. Like “person with cancer” or “person with autism.” Identity-first language is putting th