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Yo everyone I want to hear your opinions on person first language and if it should be the norm. Meaning it’s used like 90% of the time. For example saying a person who is trans instead of a trans person. Also explain your opinion below :)
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Person first language 👍
Person first language 👎
It really depends
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Anonymous 22h

I think we should focus on getting rid of the stigma of saying things such as “homeless person” or “autistic person”

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Anonymous 23h

The placement of an adjective doesn’t affect the humanity of a phrase, I’d argue that the more important thing to focus on is the level of respect and intent of the phrase

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Anonymous 23h

what?? i'm so confused rn😭😭

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Anonymous 20h

i voted wrong i got confused 💔 im a trans man, a trans person. part of being a man is the fact that im transgender. it depends, but i prefer acknowledging that i am a trans person rather than acting like its some separate affliction to my personhood

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Anonymous 14h

I feel like the difference between things like “autistic person” and “person with autism” is mostly moot, but I do think it’s good to try to get people to stop saying stuff like “autist” or using trans, homeless, and such as nouns. Less important that it’s person first, and more important to at least include that they’re a person.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 23h

I had a word limit but in training videos some more examples are saying “a person with autism” instead of “an autistic person” or “a person experiencing homelessness” instead of “a homeless person” I feel like it increases the negative stigma around the issues instead of trying to see them in a positive light

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 23h

ohhhh okay thank you for explaining i just read the first sentence wrong and lowkey thought you where talking about native languages😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 23h

Yeah. I think training videos that are insistent on person first language sort of imply that it is bad to be disabled or homeless or whatever the adjective is and is holding those movements back from reaching equality

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

Agreed

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