autistic
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ / /ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/ / /ɑˈtɪs.tɪk/
adj
Etymology: From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.
- Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
“Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.”
- Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
- Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
“imagine being this autistic over a fictional character”
- Lame, uncool, stupid.
noun
Etymology: From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.
- A person who has autism.
“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.”
“Yet because of the history and proliferation of the supercrip in films in television shows – not only with autism but supercrips with other disabilities as well – viewers are primed for the supercrip autistic and are therefore not expecting (in some ways) a view of autism that comes across to many in the autism community as more realistic or honest.”