Nondiscrimination Policy Update
Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.
To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.
Adjective
Describes someone with autism, a developmental disability that affects how individuals experience the world.
Note: Many self-advocates and their allies tend to use identity-first language, e.g. autistic person, understanding that autism as an inherent part of an individual’s identity. Many in the autism community feel that person first language (e.g. individual with autism) treats autism like a disease when it is not.
Adapted from Autistic Advocacy
