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Please do not use nicknames to describe my son's illness. Sometimes I write about my son here. He is a 12 year old autistic person. When I write about him, many Chinese people say to me, dont use ‘自闭’ to describe him. They give me a lot of suggestions for other words. For example “不爱说话的人”,“沉默寡言的人” and“安静”. Sorry, I think these words are an offense to autistic people. I definitely won't use them. Let me tell you why. The first reason is in my culture using nicknames to describe disabled people is very offensive to many people. The second reason is these suggestions are not suitable. They all demonstrate ignorance. Using these words shows you don't understand autism at all. Saying my son does not like to talk is completely unsuitable. He and many autistic people love to talk. They want to talk, they just simply can't. My son is always trying to talk, and he often babbles. What's more, he can use an ipad to talk to people. You can not say he is a quiet child. He is certainly not a quiet kid. On the contrary he is very noisy. He is not a man of few words. He has opinions, ideas, emotions etc. In his heart he has a lot of things he wants to say. He just can't verbalise them. We have a saying about autistic people, in England. It goes 'Just because I can't talk, that doesn't mean I don't have anything to say’. Also don't forget many autistic people can speak. In conclusion, I think '自闭的人' is the only suitable word. The other words make me upset. Please don't say autistic people don't like to talk. Please don't say they are quiet. They are not like that. Frankly speaking, the problem is you need to learn how to hear them and learn how to help them find their voices.
请别用绰号描述我儿子的病。
请别用绰号描述我儿子的病。有的时候我在这里写关于我的儿子的事。他是一个十二岁的自闭的人孩子。当我写关于他的事情时,很多中国人跟我说“不用‘自闭’那个词描述他”。他们给我很多的建议其他的词。比如“不爱说话的人”,“沉默寡言的人” 和“安静的人”。不好意思,我觉得那些词是对自闭人士的冒犯。我肯定不要用不喜欢用。让我来告诉你们为什么。第一个原因是在我的文化中,用绰号描述残疾人得罪不少人。第二个原因是这些建议的词并不适合,它们都表明无知。用这些词表明你们完全不明白了解自闭症。说我的儿子是个不爱说话的人完全不适合,他只是和不少自闭的人很爱说话,他们非常想说话,他们简直不能(安静?,I don't konw what do you want to express.)。我的儿子总是想试着试试说话,还有他常常牙牙学语。,而且他会用ipad跟人说话。 ,所以你不能说他是个安静的孩子。他肯定不是安静的小孩。,正相反,他是很吵闹,他不是沉默寡言,他有观点, 想法,感情等等。他的心中拥有很多想说的事,他只是不能说出来。在英国我们有一个关于自闭的人格言,是‘Just because I can't talk, that doesn't mean I don't have anything to say’。还有,别忘了很多的自闭的人会说话。结论所以,在我看来‘自闭的人’是唯一适合的词,其他的词都让我讨厌。请别说自闭的人不爱说话,请别说他们是安静的,他们不是这样。说真的,问题是你们需要学会怎么样听他们说话。也需要学会如何帮助他们找到他们自己的声音。
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