User talk:Alastair Meek

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Alastair, this Wikia is about Autism and not about your opinion of Autism in the main space. The majority of the Autistic community uses the term "Autistics". You can use the term "Autists" if you like in your own space, but not in the main space here, okay? TLPG 11:45, November 7, 2016 (UTC)

TLPG:- Two things:- Firstly, the Triple As is in fact run by me. I editted it because 'autist' is, in fact, the term that we, the charity,  use, and changing that in the third line to read 'autistics' is inconsistent. This isn't about me, as some random person, wanting to mess around with the terminlogy in common use, it is the autist actually running the charity in question altering it to our actual usage.I should have made it obvious who I was, I apologise for that.

Secondly: - I'm not sure if this is an area thing, but "Autistics" is a phrase I've never heard  (Although I've seen it on the internet) before (and I've just checked with some of the membership of the charity, and they've not heard it either). In Aberdeen, (and from what I've observed while advising the NHS and being part of creating the national strategy, in Scotland)  we have "autist" and "Autistic person", "Autistic" (but no plural form) and person-first usage.

Alastair Meek (talk) 14:10, November 7, 2016 (UTC)Alastair Meek, Triple A's coordinator.

And I have never heard of "Autist", and neither has anyone else I know across a wide area of the Autistic community - taking in Australia, the United States and Canada at least. I have noted in the article that you call it "Autist", but that's all that's needed. For consistency across all articles, it's "Autistics". TLPG 02:06, November 8, 2016 (UTC)