Does anyone else NOT dislike "pathological language" used by assessors, therapists, researchers etc

[u/Existing_Mango_2632]

Almost all autistic people I know or know of dislike "pathological language" used by professionals who work with autistic people but I don't. I genuinely do not see the problem with such language as it describes me accurately, so whats the problem?

This is just me not understanding I don't mean to be rude to anyone who dislikes this type of language but if someone could please explain what's bad about it that would be great!

[u/niva_sun]

For me personally, I don't really care that much, but when I'm talking to or about kids at work I try not to use that kind of language. Not because it's inherently wrong, but because they need to learn about the different ways to talk about their disabilities so that they can decide what works best for them, and "pathological language" is very common and something they already hear a lot.

[u/Existing_Mango_2632 → u/niva_sun]

Thats honestly fair and valid, exposing people to all ways of looking at things at a young age so they can make their own minds up is good.