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Autistic vs Nonautistic - What's the difference?

autistic | nonautistic |

As adjectives the difference between autistic and nonautistic

is that autistic is pertaining to, or having autism while nonautistic is not autistic.

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)

    nonautistic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not autistic.

    • Synonyms

    * allistic (neologism)