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'It's like calling short people vertically challenged’: Language and terminology preferences among neurodivergent adults in the United Kingdom
Amy Pearson
,
Aimee Grant
,
Jennifer Leigh,
Stephen J Macdonald
,
Kathryn Williams
,
Gemma Williams
,
Elliott Spaeth,
Kieran Rose
,
Ann Memmott,
Monique Botha
Neurodiversity, Volume: 4
Swansea University Authors:
Aimee Grant , Gemma Williams
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/27546330261428235
Abstract
'It's like calling short people vertically challenged’: Language and terminology preferences among neurodivergent adults in the United Kingdom
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2026
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