Clarification: my daughter is an artist who has autism. www.GraceGoad.com. Also, the word "suffer" is quite prejudicial as well.

Ditto, above poster! Also, the language was a little loose with the word "illness" and "disease." BUT! Thank you for the coverage! My teen daughter with autism can be found at www.GraceGoad.com and I write about autism/disAbility on Wednesdays, etc., at www.LeisaHammett.com.

I was bothered by the repeated use of the word "autistics" in referring to the individuals in this program. My belief is that each person, regardless of their abilities, prefers to be referred to as a person first. Each of is is a person - some of us have blond hair or short stature or have autism or are loud or make people laugh or are missing an arm or are blind or like chocolate. To define an individual in such narrow terms, by what she has or doesn't have, does or doesn't do, is to limit the fullness of the person and the acknowledgment that she is ALL these things. Please consider this in future programs so as to present a more accurate picture that the focus is on one area of the individual - this is a person with autism, not an autistic. Our language is so important in conveying the ways in which we see others. Thank you.