Jan 16, 2017
@cryptid-sightings said:
could you maybe consider using the term “acespec” instead of “aspec” which is commonly used to refer to people on the autism spectrum? im not here for discourse and before ppl get aggressive w me which i rly do not want, i am on the ace spectrum,,
I am autistic. I also read extensively on autism in social media(ie; blogs), regular media, literature and scientific contexts and I’ve never seen aspec used to mean autistic spectrum. Additionally, aspec is inclusive of both ace and aro people. So unless someone can direct me to an actual source for the word aspec being used for autistic, I’m going to keep using it for this.