MNHQ please don't use the term 'ASD child'

[Borka]

You've given Tuesday's blog of the day the title 'My ASD child is not a genius but he is amazing'. ASD isn't an adjective and shouldn't be used like this - it's like saying Down Syndrome child or Special Needs child, which I'm assuming (hoping) you wouldn't do.

You could use either 'autistic child' (which is how the blogger refers to her son in the post) or 'child with ASD'.

Oh hang on, it's the equivalent of saying "autism child" instead of "autistic child". Is that it?

I'd say so.

Don't get me started on "disorder" either

SuperAspie what a fabulous NN you've bagged for yourself there

Yeah that's why I put up with it dixie. But it's under sufferance. Life would be easier for those with HFA if the social model of disability was applied a bit more.

Hello all,

Thanks so much for flagging this to us. We're going to remove the phrase 'ASD child' now and we'll avoid it in future.

Thanks Katherine!

It's in a similar vein to saying someone is ocd.

Even worse - saying that you are "a bit OCD". You have either been diagnosed with OCD, or you haven't.