Autistic vs Allistic - What's the difference?
autistic | allistic |
A person who has autism.
* 2006 , Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony
(label) Nonautistic.
* 2013 , Corbett Joan O'Toole, "
* 2013 , Ianthe M. Belisle Dempsey, "
* 2014 , Stormy O'Brink, "
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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
Noun
(en noun)- 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
* autistHyponyms
* idiot savant (potentially offensive)allistic
English
Adjective
(-)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.
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.
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.