A letter to Scientific American Mind (in the November/December 2010 issue) from Greg O’Brien of Gray, Maine: In Erica Westly’s article “Too Much, Too Young” [Head Lines]. she uses the phrase “autistic toddlers.” I feel it is important that the editors recognize the disrespect inherent in that construction. The reverent phrasing would have been “toddlers … Continue reading “autistic toddler” offensive?