Autistic Hedgehog

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Jan 4

Hello! I'm not an autistic person, but I have a question about the term allistic. As I said, I don't fall in the autism spectrum, but I don't have a neurotypical brain (long story), do I apply to term allistic?

Anonymous

I would think so, since allistic simply means a person who isn’t autistic. Whether or not you’re neuroatypical in some other way is, I think, besides the point.

But as I only learned the term allistic when I first started on Tumblr, I could be wrong. Anyone else?

Posted 3 years ago

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tazigo said: Yup, you’re correct. I have ADHD but not Autism, and thus am allistic but not neurotypical.
yesthattoo said: allistic=not autistic. Other neurodivergences are irrelevant to this label, though relevant to NT versus not.
wibblywobblygenderywendery said: To my knowledge allistic only means not autistic.
namelesstunnelgrub said: Pretty sure that’s correct; we first made up “allistic” so we didn’t lump allistic neurotypicals and allistic neuroatypical folks together, like calling them all “neurotypicals” did.
thedisreputabledog said: That’s my understanding of it as well. If you’re not autistic, you’re allistic, but not necessarily neurotypical.
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