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

ABSTRACT: 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 Australia, nor have they compared levels of endorsement across countries. Hence, the current study adopted a mixed-methods approach, employing both quantitative and qualitative techniques, to explore the linguistic preferences of 654 English-speaking autistic adults across the globe. Despite variation in leve

SUBMITTER: Keating CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946540 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature