Introduction

My friend autism with Orion Kelly is a podcast breaking down barriers, stigma and misconceptions around autism. We've got to explore the way autistic people refer to themselves using what is the person first language or the increasingly preferred identity first language. The medical model of disability views the disability as separate from the person. It also places the focus on the disability as the cause of being disabled. Without your brain development it's not a choice. You can cease to exist if you take away my brain. I cannot be separated from my body. My brain makes me who I am - without my brain there is no me. Autism is an intrinsic part of myself that will never change.