I don’t really have much sense of identity at all, except as things I am not. So I don’t typically feel strongly about terminology, it’s all just trying to put me in a group where I still don’t fit in, which I’ve become pretty inured to by now. Saying that I am autistic is what comes most naturally to me, but it’s much like asking me if I prefer to be called a brunette or someone with brown hair. When interacting with others, I tend to say I’m on the autism spectrum, to try to avoid any quibbling about exactly where on it I seem to be. My official diagnosis is Asperger’s syndrome, but when people think of that, they assume I’m significantly higher-functioning than I am, I’ve never felt like it really fits me well, so I avoid using that label. I respect everyone’s preferences for themselves, but a lot of the insistence I see on phrasing it as “person with autism” comes from NTs, and that feels a bit patronizing to me.