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I use #aspiegirl to describe my daughter online only because it is more a sweetie- pie kind of name. I could just as well have said #autigirl or sweetpea.

I didn't know about the term #autigirl . My son is autistic so is valid to say #autiboy also? #AskingAutistics I use #autistic and #neurodivergent. Never #Aspie . I don't like the division between them #AutisticCommunities

As an adult who is #ActuallyAutistic and who went through a hellish childhood while we tried to figure out what was "wrong" with me until I was finally diagnosed at age 12, why the need to highlight your son's disorder at all, other than when requesting reasonable accommodation?

Good question! Everything in context. IRL, I do not refer to my child as #autistic unless I am discussing sensory or transition accommodations that need to be made for her. For online...

Twitter: I use #aspiegirl to both raise positive awareness about autism and to slowly—eventually—help her personally to identify with a larger community of people on the spectrum, so she feels a sense of belonging #autistic