To keep quiet as it's an elder

[WeMarchOn]

There's this person who every time they introduce me they say i suffer with autism.
This person is older and i have a lot of respect for, however it bugs me so much but i continue to stay quiet 🥴
Aibu to just let it slide?

I was told never to say, "I suffer with...", because that would mean I am owning whatever it is by giving it prominence. Are you suffering? I hope not, at least not more than we all 'suffer' at times.

It would not be unreasonable for you to say to this person that, actually, you are not suffering particularly and your autism is your business, nobody else's.

@WeMarchOn

So I'm an autism advocate and i don't mind someone saying I'm an autistic adult at all, however we don't suffer with autism 🥴

Just say exactly that to them.

How old?

If conference calling we're not talking a 95 year old who has dementia I assume?

Why the hell haven't you said anything?

I'd have said the first time it happened, just to expand on that, I run the support thing and find it very rewarding. My interest is because of X, although I'm not situation autistic myself.

And do that until they stop.

Oh. You are unhappy with use of language, i couldn’t get worked up there are much more important things in life.

Some people do “suffer”. My dc really does and it is heart breaking. Arguing about the finer details can sometimes seem like point scoring, petty and superior, depends how you approach it.