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If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.

Stuart Duncan

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Stuart Duncan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 14
Banjoist
Fiddler
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Session Musician
Songwriter
Quantico
Virginia
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Autistic

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