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Received: 22 August 2023

Accepted: 31 May 2024

First Online: 25 June 2024

Declarations

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: The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee Institute of Psychology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. When referring to the children participating in the study, it was decided to use the phrase <i>children on autism spectrum</i> instead of <i>autistic children</i>. It is worth to notice that the results of current research on the preferences of that group of people as to the terms describing them are not consistent. Some studies indicate a preferred person-first language []. Others, prove that also accepted by these persons is the identity-first language []. Many studies indicate that there is no clear preference in this issue in the group of people on the autism spectrum [, ]. In the absence of unambiguous conclusions in this issue, it was decided to use the phrase that participants’ parents used most often in the conversations with the author (<i>children on autism spectrum</i>). In the author’s opinion, such a phrase emphasise the atypicality of the children’s development and at the same time their dignity as persons.

: This manuscript doesn’t contain any individual person’s data in any form, there isn’t included consent to publication form.

: There is no potential conflict of interest including financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. The author declares that they have no competing interests.