Autistic vs Has Autism

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I prefer autistic. To me, "has autism" suggests disease. It's also a bit too close to this person-first thing, and I've never liked that. I accept that language is important, but I don't like to see it being policed too vigorously, which I think was being done by the lady in the story in the original post. I sometimes wonder how it is that some people think they get to decide what folks are allowed to say and what they're not.

One of the aspects of allism is that people think person first language makes a difference. For only dollars a day, won't you help end the cycle? Everyday more and more people grow up thinking that reversing the modifiers matter. Won't somebody please think of the children?