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Welcome to the '''ActuallyAutistic Wiki'''!  This is a community-driven guide to all aspects of autism, allism, and helping build bridges between neurotypes. It emerged recently from the #ActuallyAutistic community on Twitter.
Welcome to the '''ActuallyAutistic Wiki'''!  This is a community-driven guide to all aspects of autism, allism, and helping build bridges between neurotypes. It emerged recently from the #ActuallyAutistic community on Twitter.
== About this wiki ==


* '''Everyone is welcome to contribute to this wiki!'''
* '''Everyone is welcome to contribute to this wiki!'''
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* The number one rule of wiki editing is to be bold. '''Go ahead – make changes — even large rewrites of big topics'''. Other people can correct any mistakes you make, so have confidence, and give it a try!
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* None of the content here is sacred. Please just make changes! Some of the articles are just starter content or from a particular person's perspective. Earlier versions can always be restored if necessary. '''These are all collaborative documents'''.
* None of the content here is sacred. Please just make changes, even to articles on 'major' topics! Some of the articles are just starter content or from a particular person's perspective. Earlier versions can always be restored if necessary. '''These are all collaborative documents'''.
 
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== About this wiki ==
== Getting started ==


== Meta ==
== Meta ==
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* [[Help:Style guidelines|Style guidelines]]
* [[Help:Style guidelines|Style guidelines]]
* [[Talk:Meta|Feedback, questions and suggestions]]
* [[Talk:Meta|Feedback, questions and suggestions]]
* [[Please help these pages]] – [[Add stuff here please]], [[Review please]]


== ActuallyAutistic terminology ==
* Looking for stuff to do, but unsure where to start?
** [[Please help these pages]]
*** [[Add stuff here please]]
*** [[Review please]]
** [[special:AllPages|View all pages]]
** [[Special:Categories|View all categories]]
 
== Terminology ==
 
 
=== Acronyms ===
 
* [[ADHD|Kinetism (ADHD)]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|AuDHD]]
* [[DCD]]
* [[EDS]]
* [[SPD]]
* [[ND]]
* [[Neurotypical|NT (Neurotypical)]]
* [[MH]]
* [[Special interest|SpIn/SpInt]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria|RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)]]
* [[Positive Behavior Support (PBS)]] (What's that?)
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Allism]]
* [[Applied Behavior Analysis|Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)]]
* [[Applied Behavior Analysis|Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)]]
=== General ===
* [[Autism]]
* [[Autism]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|AuDHD]]
* [[Neurodiversity]]
* [[Autistic burnout]]
* [[Neurodivergence]]
* [[Autistic joy]]
* [[Neurotypical]]
* [[Echolalia]]
* [[Identity-first language]]
* [[Person-first language]]
 
* [[Allism]]
* [[Society]]
 
* [[Spoon theory]]
* [[Neuroqueer Theory]]
 
* [[Infodumping]]
* [[Stimming]]
 
* [[Neurokin]]
* [[Neuropeer]]
 
* [[Executive dysfunction]]
* [[Executive dysfunction]]
* [[Grok]]
* [[Highly Sensitive Person]]
* [[Hyperfixation]]
* [[Hyperfixation]]
* [[Hyperfocus]]
* [[Hyperfocus]]
* [[Identity-first language]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance]]
 
=== Autism specific ===
 
* [[Monotropism]]
* [[Inertia]]
* [[Inertia]]
* [[Infodumping]]
 
* [[Justice sensitivity]]
* [[ADHD|Kinetism (ADHD)]]
* [[Late diagnosis]]
* [[Masking]]
* [[Masking]]
* [[Mirroring]]
* [[Scripting]]
* [[Meltdown]]
* [[Meltdown]]
* [[Monotropism]]
* [[Shutdown]]
* [[Neurodivergence]]
* [[Autistic burnout]]
* [[Neurodiversity]]
 
* [[Neurokin]]
* [[Special interest]]
* [[Neuropeer]]
* [[Autistic joy]]
* [[Neurotypical]]
* [[Echolalia]]
* [[Parallel play]]
* [[Parallel play]]
* [[PBS]]
 
* [[Person-first language]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria]]
* [[Ritual]]
* [[Ritual]]
* [[Routine]]
* [[Routine]]
* [[Safe foods]]
* [[Safe foods]]
=== Other ===
* [[Grok]]
* [[Highly Sensitive Person]]
* [[Justice sensitivity]]
* [[Late diagnosis]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria]]
* [[Savant]]
* [[Savant]]
* [[Shutdown]]
* [[Special interest]]
* [[Spoon theory]]
* [[Stimming]]
* [[Miscellaneous terms]] - for similar/confusing terms and definitions that probably better in one place rather than multiple short articles
* [[Miscellaneous terms]] - for similar/confusing terms and definitions that probably better in one place rather than multiple short articles


== List of Autistic traits (incomplete) ==  
=== Outmoded terminology ===


{{Comment|I propose to de-clutter this section. For example, make a page for the Core Autistic Traits, and migrating the links in that section to that page. But doing the same for each section. --[[User:Fire Eider|Fire Eider]] ([[User talk:Fire Eider|talk]]) 14:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.


I actually like being able to see all these links in one spot. It lets you scan and get a sense of things. But because the list is pretty long, we could potentially move this entire section to an `Autistic traits` page. On the other hand — it might not actually just be bad to have a fairly long "Main" page that serves as an index into content generally --[[User:AutExplorer|AutExplorer]] ([[User talk:AutExplorer|talk]])
* [[Asperger syndrome]]
* [[Functioning labels|High- and low-functioning]]
* [[On the spectrum]]
* [[Autism spectrum disorder|Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)]]


I also like this, for the moment. It reduces the barrier to entry because people see all the stuff that's currently available for editing in one central place and can then just click on something immediately when they think "Oh, I want to add my thoughts to that!" --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
== List of Autistic traits (incomplete) ==
 
Good points. I retract what I said earlier --[[User:Fire Eider|Fire Eider]] ([[User talk:Fire Eider|talk]]) 19:38, 25 August 2022 (UTC)}}


Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.
Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.
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* [[Autistic empathy]]
* [[Autistic empathy]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity|Hyper-senses & hypo-senses]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity|Hyper-senses & hypo-senses]]
* [[Preference for certainty]]
* [[Preference for precision]]
* [[Routine]] / [[Ritual]]
* [[Routine]] / [[Ritual]]
* [[Special interest|Special interests]]
* [[Special interest|Special interests]]
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* [[Accent mimicry]]
* [[Accent mimicry]]
* [[Bluntness]]
* [[Bluntness]] [[Direct]]
* [[Selective mutism|Conditional Mutism]]
* [[Selective mutism|Conditional Mutism]] [[circumstantial or situational mutism]]
* [[Difficulty lying]]
* [[Difficulty lying]]
* [[Monotone voice]]
* [[Monotone voice]]
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* [[Phone calls|Phone call avoidance]]
* [[Phone calls|Phone call avoidance]]
* [[Wordplay]]
* [[Wordplay]]
* [[name? unconsciously getting word order wrong]]
* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder|Auditory processing difficulties]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder|Auditory processing difficulties]]
* [[Infodumping|Preference for infodumping]]
* [[Infodumping|Preference for infodumping]]
* [[Thinking in pictures and struggling to articulate said picture into words]]
* [[Autistic speech prosody]]


=== Gender and sexuality ===
=== Gender and sexuality ===
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* [[Gender]]
* [[Gender]]
* [[Autigender]]
* [[Autigender]]
* [[Demisexuality]]
* [[Autism and LGBTQ+]]
* [[Autism and LGBTQ+]]
* [[Peritiosexual]]
* [[Peritiosexual]]
* [[Neuroqueer]]
* [[Xenogender]]
* [[Xenogender]]
* [[Asexuality]]
** [[Demisexuality]]
* [[Aromanticism]]
* [[Aplatonicism]]


=== Imperatives and neurological ===
=== Imperatives and neurological ===
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=== Memory ===
=== Memory ===


* [[Atypical autobigraphical and episodic memory]]
* [[Atypical autobiographical and episodic memory]]
* [[Emotion memory imprinting]]
* [[Emotion memory imprinting]]
* [[Childhood amnesia]]
* [[Childhood amnesia]]


=== Pychological ===
=== Psychological ===


* [[Imposter syndrome|Autistic imposter syndrome ]]
* [[Cat empathy]]
* [[Cat empathy]]
* [[Rumination]]
* [[Empathy#Hyper-empathy|Hyper-empathy]]
* [[Overthinking]]
* [[Empathy#Hypo-empathy|Hypo-empathy]]
* [[Preference for animation]]
* [[Preference for animation]]
* [[Preference for autistically coded characters]]
* [[Preference for autistically coded characters]]
* [[Gravitate to other neurodivergents]]
* [[Gravitate towards other neurodivergents]]
* [[Social contracts]]
* [[Hyper-phantasia]] empathising with inanimate objects.


=== Physical ===
=== Physical ===
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* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Toe walking]]  
* [[Toe walking]]  
=== Senses ===
* [[Aural sensitivity to electronics]]
* [[Hyper-empathy]]
* [[Hypo-empathy]]
* [[Temperature sensitivity]]


=== Traumagenic Autistic traits ===
=== Traumagenic Autistic traits ===


* [[Over-apologizing]]
* [[Over-apologizing]]
* [[People-pleasing]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[High mortality rate]]
* [[High mortality rate]]
* [[Irrational fears, logical]]
* [[Irrational fears, logical]]
{{Comment|(Contradiction...?) --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
{{Comment|(Contradiction...?) --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
{{Comment|No, they are locial fears that are irrational out of context of ND.}}
{{Comment|No, they are logical fears that are irrational out of context of ND.}}
{{Comment|I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
{{Comment|I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy]] [[extreme demand avoidance]] the following description is purely hypothetical and not composed in consultation with the adult PDA community: the combination of Autism and ADHD driving a non-stop rollercoaster ride of fight or flight responses (the autism wanting routine and the adhd wanting spontaneity) feeding the need to claw back control, reducing the brains capacity to regulate and rationalise likely resulting in crashes and observable ‘extreme reactions’ to what may be perceived as minor events. (This is what I am currently working on as part of my MA in Autism).


=== Additional Autistic traits ===
=== Additional Autistic traits ===
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* [[Overlapping Autistic traits]]
* [[Overlapping Autistic traits]]


== Social Media ==
=== Co-Existing Characteristics/Conditions (formerly titled ‘Comorbidities’) ===


* [[Instagram]]
* [[ADHD]]
* [[TikTok]]
* [[Allergies and Sensitivities (See also MCDs)]]
* [[Twitter]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[YouTube]]
* [[Apraxia]]
* [[Bipolar disorder]]
* [[Borderline personality disorder|Borderline/EUPD]]
* [[Complex post-traumatic stress disorder|CPTSD]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Dysautonomia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Eating disorders / ARFID]]
* [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|EDS]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Migraine]]
* [[MCDs: Mast Cell Diseases / Disorders including forms of MCAS, HaTS and Mastocytosis]]
* [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder|OCD]]
* [[PMDD Premenstrual Dysphoria Disorder]]
* [[PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]
* [[Stress Incontinence]]
 
== Information and sensory processing ==
 
=== Information processing differences ===
 
* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Misokinesia]]
* [[Misophonia]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Synesthesia]]
 
=== Senses ===


== Outmoded terminology ==
Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.


While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.
* [[Auditory perception|Hearing]]
* [[Gastro-intestinal problems]]
* [[Interoception]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Proprioception]]
* [[Sensory overload]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity]]
* [[Synesthesia|Synesthesia]]
* [[Olfactory perception|Smell]]
* [[Gustatory perception|Taste]]
* [[Tactile perception|Touch]] (texture, temperature)
* [[Vestibular perception]]
* [[Visual perception|Vision]]
* [[Aural sensitivity to electronics]]


* [[Asperger syndrome]]
== Autistic survival guide ==
* [[Functioning labels|High- and low-functioning]]
* [[On the spectrum]]
* [[Autism spectrum disorder|Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)]]


== Sociology ==
=== Allistic sociology 101 ===


* [[Society]]
* [[Ableism]]
* [[Ableism]]
* [[Gender]]
* [[Gender]]
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* [[Phatic expression]]
* [[Phatic expression]]
* [[Saving face]]
* [[Saving face]]
* [[Small talk]]
* [[Social power]]
* [[Social power]]
* [[Social contract]]
* [[Social status]]
* [[Social status]]


== Psychology ==
==== Culture-specific differences ====
 
* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]
 
=== Psychology 101 ===


* [[Alexithymia]]
* [[Alexithymia]]
* [[Anger]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Defence mechanism|Defence mechanisms]]
* [[Defence mechanism]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Empathy]]
* [[Empathy]]
* [[Imposter syndrome]]
* [[Imposter syndrome]]
* [[Learned helplessness]]
* [[Overthinking]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[Rumination]]
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Theory of mind]]
* [[Theory of mind]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma bonding]]
* [[Trauma response]]


== Neurology ==
=== Neurology 101 ===


* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]


== Allistic communication & miscommunication ==
=== Communication and miscommunication ===


* [[Body language]]
* [[Common sense]]
* [[Common sense]]
* [[Double empathy problem]]
* [[The Double Empathy Problem]]
* [[Eye contact]]
* [[Facial expression|Facial expressions]]
* [[Getting coffee]]
* [[Getting coffee]]
* [[Literal interpretation]]
* [[Literal interpretation]]
* [[Multi-channel communication]]
* [[Multi-channel communication]]
* [[Pragmatics]]
** [[Body language]]
** [[Eye contact]]
** [[Facial expression|Facial expressions]]
** [[Tone of voice]]
** [[Implication]]
* [[Responding to "How are you?"]]
* [[Responding to "How are you?"]]
* [[Social cue|Social cues]]
* [[Social cue|Social cues]]
* [[Tone of voice]]
* [[Idioms]]


== Dating and relationships ==
=== Office and work dynamics ===
 
* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]
 
=== Dating and relationships ===


* [[Autistic love languages]]
* [[Autistic love languages]]
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* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]
* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]


== Autistic culture ==
=== Accommodations and support ===
 
* [[Articles]]
* [[Autistic artists]]
* [[Autistic public figures]]
* [[Autistic representation in fiction]]
* [[Books by Autistic authors]]
* [[Jokes about Autism]]
* [[Podcasts by Autistic creators]]
* [[Symbols of Autism]]
 
== Comorbidities ==
 
* [[Bipolar disorder]]
* [[Borderline personality disorder|Borderline/EUPD]]
* [[Complex post-traumatic stress disorder|CPTSD]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|EDS]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[ADHD]]
* [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder|OCD]]
* [[Plurality]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Anxiety]]
 
== Accommodations ==


* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
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* [[Support networks and organisations]]
* [[Support networks and organisations]]


== Culture-specific differences ==
=== Diagnostic journey ===
 
* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]
 
== Diagnostic journey ==


* [[Formal diagnosis]]
* [[Formal diagnosis]]
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* [[Self-diagnosis]]
* [[Self-diagnosis]]


== Problems with autism research ==
=== Mental health ===
 
* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]
* [[Depression]]
 
== Autism "research" and "therapy" ==
 
Mainstream research on autism is often problematic in various ways.


* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Autism Speaks]]
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* [[Ethics of autism research]]
* [[Ethics of autism research]]
* [[History of autism]]
* [[History of autism]]
* [[The pathology paradigm|Pathology paradigm]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Violence against Autistic people]]
== Resources ==


== Mental health ==
=== Media ===


* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Books by Autistic authors]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Podcasts and Websites by Autistic creators]]
* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]
* [[Autistic representation in fiction]]
* [[Symbols of Autism]]


== Information processing differences ==
=== Social media ===


* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Instagram]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder]]
* [[TikTok]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Tumblr]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Twitter]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[YouTube]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Blogs and Websites]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Misophonia]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Synesthesia]]


== Office & work dynamics ==
=== Autistic culture ===


* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[Autistic public figures]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Aspie Humour]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Autistic artists]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]


== Articles and threads ==
=== Articles and threads ===


* [[Articles]]
* [["Am I Autistic?" Guide]]
* [["Am I Autistic?" Guide]]
* [[Autism without trauma]]
* [[Autism without trauma]]
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* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]
* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]


== Senses ==
== Unsure about where to put something? Just put it here! ==
 
Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.
 
* [[Auditory perception|Hearing]]
* [[Gastro-intestinal problems]]
* [[Interoception]]
* [[Proprioception]]
* [[Sensory overload]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity]]
* [[Synthesthesia|Synesthesia]]
* [[Olfactory perception|Smell]]
* [[Gustatory perception|Taste]]
* [[Tactile perception|Texture]]
* [[Vestibulary perception]]
* [[Visual perception|Vision]]
 
== Yet-to-be-sorted categories ==
 
You can put stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else (yet) here.
 
* [[Violence against Autistic people]]
* [[Idioms]]
 
== Misc ==


* [[special:AllPages|View all pages]]
* [[Things we need good names for]]
* [[Special:Categories|View all categories]]

Latest revision as of 22:49, 5 August 2023

Welcome to the ActuallyAutistic Wiki! This is a community-driven guide to all aspects of autism, allism, and helping build bridges between neurotypes. It emerged recently from the #ActuallyAutistic community on Twitter.

About this wiki[edit]

  • Everyone is welcome to contribute to this wiki!
  • You can edit any page without even having an account. Just hit the 'Edit' link on any page (including this one!). Important privacy note: editing a page without having an account or without being logged in will show your IP address publicly in the changelog/history of a page.
  • The number one rule of wiki editing is to be bold. Go ahead – make changes — even large rewrites of big topics. Other people can correct any mistakes you make, so have confidence, and give it a try!
    • If you disagree with what someone else has put, please consider adding a note of disagreement and what you think/would do after that section, especially if it could be something that varies by country or even situations or if you want to change it to/from an absolute (such as job interviews or eye gaze)
  • None of the content here is sacred. Please just make changes, even to articles on 'major' topics! Some of the articles are just starter content or from a particular person's perspective. Earlier versions can always be restored if necessary. These are all collaborative documents.

How to contribute[edit]

  • Here is a short guide on how to create a new wiki page from scratch! Please check first whether a similar page already exists to avoid duplicates.
  • Here are some of our style guidelines if you're unsure about formatting etc. But don't worry or overthink too much about "getting things right", these are not "hard rules" – and everything can be edited, formatted & moved later without issue anyway! :)
  • Please remember that links are CASE SENSITIVE. When linking to a missing page, whichever case you use will be created when someone follows the link and makes that new page. Linking to existing articles is case sensitive for every letter except the first one. Lowercasing or capitalizing a letter other than the first one will break the link / not link to the page you want. Please read this guide on links if you want to use them!
  • Do you have some feedback, questions or suggestions about this wiki project? Feel free to add them here!

Meta[edit]

Terminology[edit]

Acronyms[edit]

General[edit]

Autism specific[edit]

Other[edit]

Outmoded terminology[edit]

While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

List of Autistic traits (incomplete)[edit]

Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.

Core autistic traits[edit]

Autistic nonverbal communication[edit]

Autistic verbal communication[edit]

Gender and sexuality[edit]

Imperatives and neurological[edit]

Familial[edit]

Memory[edit]

Psychological[edit]

Physical[edit]

Traumagenic Autistic traits[edit]

(Contradiction...?) --Fochti (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

No, they are logical fears that are irrational out of context of ND.

I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --Fochti (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

  • Social anxiety
  • Pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy extreme demand avoidance the following description is purely hypothetical and not composed in consultation with the adult PDA community: the combination of Autism and ADHD driving a non-stop rollercoaster ride of fight or flight responses (the autism wanting routine and the adhd wanting spontaneity) feeding the need to claw back control, reducing the brains capacity to regulate and rationalise likely resulting in crashes and observable ‘extreme reactions’ to what may be perceived as minor events. (This is what I am currently working on as part of my MA in Autism).

Additional Autistic traits[edit]

Co-Existing Characteristics/Conditions (formerly titled ‘Comorbidities’)[edit]

Information and sensory processing[edit]

Information processing differences[edit]

Senses[edit]

Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

Autistic survival guide[edit]

Allistic sociology 101[edit]

Culture-specific differences[edit]

Psychology 101[edit]

Neurology 101[edit]

Communication and miscommunication[edit]

Office and work dynamics[edit]

Dating and relationships[edit]

Accommodations and support[edit]

Diagnostic journey[edit]

Mental health[edit]

Autism "research" and "therapy"[edit]

Mainstream research on autism is often problematic in various ways.

Resources[edit]

Media[edit]

Social media[edit]

Autistic culture[edit]

Articles and threads[edit]

Unsure about where to put something? Just put it here![edit]

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