Identity First and Person First Language can be a heated topic although I feel like it doesn’t come up as often as it used to- but every now and then I still get a comment where someone who hasn’t watched very many videos scolds me and tells me that my kids aren’t autistic, they’re “children with autism” because ” a child is more than they’re autism.” Today I’m talking about my first introduction to person first language, how it made me nervous to even talk about autism at all, and how I feel about it now.