The article "Here's Why We Absolutely Need to Stop Using the Term "On the Spectrum" by EJ Dickson is full of medical inaccuracies and misrepresents the truth about the autism experience for many.

It utterly confuses high-functioning autistics with the experience of all autistics, who have seizures, cannot speak, remain dependent on their parents or society for life. The term "Autism" is not SLANG - is a medical condition with 50% genetic and 50% environmental liability. Wake up Yahoo, your articles are hurting people that might be denied services if we just "accept autism" as "neurodiversity". We love our autistics - we despise autism. Just like we love our cancer patients, but despise cancer. Truly terrible article.