Autism isn't an accesory... I don't "have autism"

They make polls. MANY OF THEM.

Autistic, or Person with Autism?

The majority of the community prefers the first one.

You may say "It's only syntaxis!", and it may look like it is, but, in the community, saying we're Autistic is much more than that. 

For the community, it means growing pride. Symbol of the full acceptance of our neurotype, even with the challenges this, or other commorbilities, may carry. 

It's the symbol that means that we DON't want a cure, we just want acceptance. Symbol of wanting society to acommodate for us, because, indeed, we can't do all alone. 

You could say "Autism doesn't define you!"But, truth is, why wouldn't it? 

Everything I do, I do it as an Autistic.

I wake up Autistic

I sleep as Autistic

I eat as an Autistic

I shower as an Autistic

I watch my favourite movies as an Autistic

I cosplay (I do it, and i Love it) as an Autistic

My work  is done the Autistic way

You don't call a Jewish person "Person with Judaism". You don't call a teacher "Person with a degree in education".  We know those characteristics are important to them. We know their life may not be the same without that certain characteristic. And, pretty surely, they feel proud about it. 

Why, then, can't we Autistics talk that way about our condition? Why is our right to identity taken away? Why is it denied and stolen from us?

Blind people refer to themselvs like that (identity first) with pride.

Deaf people refer to themselves like that with pride.

We are proud of being Autistic! Even capital "A" is for pride.

So, we're Autistic, unless the person states otherwise.