Reframing Professional Language Around Autism: Reflecting on our use of language in professional contexts

In previous posts, we've discussed some of the changes in how we view ourselves and the language we use to describe ourselves since our respective diagnoses of autism. We explained how this was an empowering process, as increased self-understanding helped us to create lifestyles that better suit our needs. But while the way we viewed ourselves shifted radically for the better, since diagnosis we have both, for the first time, found ourselves being pathologized by our colleagues.