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Aces and aros have sometimes been accused of appropriating the term "a-spec" from the autistic community. This is impossible, as the term was created in 2015 specifically for aces and aros and has no prior usage history before that point.<ref>https://historicallyace.tumblr.com/post/161502315942/do-you-per-chance-know-when-asexuals-first</ref><ref>https://apersnicketylemon.tumblr.com/post/189192893072/aspec-does-not-and-has-never-meant-autism</ref> |
Aces and aros have sometimes been accused of appropriating the term "a-spec" from the autistic community. This is impossible, as the term was created in 2015 specifically for aces and aros and has no prior usage history before that point.<ref>https://historicallyace.tumblr.com/post/161502315942/do-you-per-chance-know-when-asexuals-first</ref><ref>https://apersnicketylemon.tumblr.com/post/189192893072/aspec-does-not-and-has-never-meant-autism</ref> |
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With the ace and aro communities, use of the term "a-spec" has also been criticized for introducing confusion through frequent misuse, particularly regarding asexuals using "a-spec" when only ace-spec individuals are relevant, or |
With the ace and aro communities, use of the term "a-spec" has also been criticized for introducing confusion through frequent misuse, particularly regarding asexuals using "a-spec" when only ace-spec individuals are relevant, or through saying "a-spec and aro-spec", implying that aro-spec is not inherently inherently included under a-spec. Unfortunately, for some individuals, "a-spec" and "ace-spec" are phonetically indistinguishable when spoken aloud.<ref>https://shades-of-grayro.tumblr.com/post/190426507065/again-im-not-critiquing-the-usefulness-of-a-word</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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