AI like 'Autistic Translator' and 'Goblin.Tools' are helping autistic people

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/27/ai-autism-autistic-translator/

2•thoughtpeddler•3h ago

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LoganDark•3h ago

I hate how this article constantly treats autism as "something you have" rather than "something you are". I don't "have autism" or "live with autism" (at least not in the sense that they're using it). I just am autistic.

I do appreciate that they say "autistic people" a few times, but leading with phrasing that makes autism look like some sort of disease or mental illness certainly makes me cringe a bit.

EA-3167•2h ago

I don't understand the concern here, autism is a developmental neurological disorder, why does that fact need to be avoided? That isn't an insult, it isn't dehumanizing, after all it's people who have this disorder and autism doesn't make them any less a person.

So what's the point of engaging in tone policing or the euphemism treadmill when there the language isn't denigrating anyone, just describing them? For context I have ADHD, I am not "an ADHD" or "ADHDistic". What about autism is so different?