Identity-first language (eg "autistic person") versus person-first language (eg "person with autism") ebb and flow in popularity
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Preferred terminology over time
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Identity-first language (eg "autistic person") versus person-first language (eg "person with autism") ebb and flow in popularity: though person-first language has seen an increase in popularity in books and online news from 1980 onward, this trend is counteracted by a more recent swing toward identity-first language.
Article URL: https://plos.io/46gmnsE
Article Title: Who you are or what you have: Historical trends in identity-first and person-first language in books and news media
Author Countries: Australia
Funding: The work reported in this paper was supported by Australian Research Council grant DP250102690 to NH (https://www.arc.gov.au/). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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