Check our gut on this: if you are in any way disabled, how do you prefer people to refer to you? :boost_requested:

@packbat Not disabled (not diagnosed, anyway, almost certainly neurodivergent in some way). I’ve tended to follow the guide of “disabled person/people” as a generic, but “person/people with [disability]” when referring to specific disabilities.

@batbeeps *nods*

our gut sense was to use identity-first always - I know that advocacy organizations for autistic, deaf, and blind people exist that have taken that stance - so it's interesting seeing a moderately large number of respondents requesting person-first for themselves

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