autistic
- noun
- /ɔːˈtɪstɪk/
- Specialized
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autista
- My friend is autistic, and he often shares his unique perspectives on life.
Examples
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I want to sort of finish my talk by thinking about autistic people today.
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Now we have a little beautiful autistic daughter.
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There is no book about how to raise autistic children as a single stay at home dad.
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Since then, it's harder for autistic people to get a job.
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So the people who have featured here, this is just an autistic child.
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If a woman has obesity, she has double the risk of having an autistic child.
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I didn't know how autistic people actually did this.
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My son was, is autistic and has he's low level autism and ADHD.
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Kevin has suffered a lot and he, when I, when he's, when I refer to him as autistic, that's his own self description.
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As a teacher, I am learning how to better support autistic students in my classroom.
Compounds
- Specialized
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A behavior often seen in people with autism, for example repeating actions or finding talking to people hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autistic comes from the Greek root autos, meaning 'self', the same root you see in automatic. A helpful way to remember is that an autistic is a person with autism, someone whose brain and behavior work in particular ways that affect communication and how they experience the world.