Autistic vs Neurodiverse - What's the difference?
autistic | neurodiverse |
A person who has autism.
* 2006 , Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony
As adjectives the difference between autistic and neurodiverse
is that autistic is pertaining to, or having autism while neurodiverse is exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.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.