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Autistic vs Allistic - What's the difference?

autistic | allistic |

As adjectives the difference between autistic and allistic

is that autistic is pertaining to, or having autism while allistic is (label) nonautistic.

As a noun autistic

is a person who has autism.

autistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to, or having autism.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has autism.
  • * 2006 , Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony
    • If our definition of empathy were to require we take the human cognitive norm (overwhelmingly influenced by neurotypical cognition) as the absolute standard by which to measure empathy, then indeed we would have to conclude autistics do not instinctively possess a good sense of empathy.

    Synonyms

    * autist

    Hyponyms

    * idiot savant (potentially offensive)

    Related terms

    * autistic spectrum * autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

    allistic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Nonautistic.
  • * 2013 , Corbett Joan O'Toole, " Disclosing Our Relationships to Disabilities: An Invitation for Disability Studies", Disability Studies Quarterly , Volume 33, Number 2 (endnote):
    • As with the rest of the article, I am following the conventions of the disabled people I am discussing. Autistics prefer to be called "autistic" and perceive the term "people with autism" as an allistic (non-autistic) phrase.
  • * 2013 , Ianthe M. Belisle Dempsey, " Autism Acceptance Month (And Why Autism $peaks Should Stop Talking)", Indy (Bloomington–Normal, Illinois), Volume 12, Number 10, April 2013, page 1:
    • The ASMC, like A$, aims mostly at helping to ease the “burden” autistic children and family members place on their allistic relatives and caretakers.
  • * 2014 , Stormy O'Brink, " People with disabilities are not broken", The Northern Iowan (University of Northern Iowa), 28 April 2014:
    • For those who don’t know, Autism Speaks has an executive board and leadership made entirely of allistic people, or people who are not autistic.
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