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Actually Autistic terminology

• Allism
• Autism
• Autistic burnout
• Echolalia
• Executive dysfunction
• Hyperfocus
• Info dumping
• Masking
• Meltdown
• Monotropism
• Neurodivergence
• Neurodiversity
• Neurotypical
• Parallel play
• Rejection sensitive dysphoria
• Safe foods
• Self-diagnosis and medical diagnosis
• Sensory overload
• Shutdown
• Special interest
• Spoons
• Stimming

Sociology

• Gossip
• Group dynamics
• Peer group
• Power
• Saving face
• Social status

Psychology

• Alexithymia
• Anxiety
• Empathy
• High- and low-functioning
• Imposter syndrome
• Synesthesia
• Theory of mind

Sources of misunderstandings between autistic and allistic people

• Body language
• Common sense
• Defence mechanisms
• Double empathy problem
• Eye contact
• Facial expressions
• Getting coffee
• Literal interpretation
• Multi-channel communication
• Responding to "How are you?"
• Social cues
• Tone of voice

Navigating office & work dynamics

• HR interviews
• Job interviews
• Meetings
• Networking
• Team building / work socials
• Water cooler

Dating & relationships

• Autistic love languages
• Dating apps / online dating
• Neurodivergent relationships

Autistic culture

• Books by Autistic authors
• Autistic celebrities
• Autistic representation in fiction

Accommodations

• AAC
• Noise-cancelling headphones

Culture specific differences

• Ask culture vs guess culture
• High context and low context cultures
• Peach and coconut cultures

Diagnostic journey

• Formal diagnosis
• Multiple diagnoses
• Questioning
• Research
• Screening tools
• Self-diagnosis

Autism research

• Autism Speaks (organization)
• Autism stereotypes
• Deficit model
• Functioning labels
• Ethics of autism research
• Gender bias
• History of autism

How to help

• Capacity

Mental health

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Difficulties with mental health services

Learning difficulties

• Auditory processing disorder
• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia

Senses

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.

• Hearing
• Interoception
• Proprioception
• Smell
• Taste
• Texture
• Vision

Discussion

We can talk about the wiki itself in talk-pages[1]. Feel free to create your own for topics.

• Talk:Community guidelines
• Talk:Feature wishlist
• Talk:Meta
• Talk:Miscellaneous
• Talk:Moderation
• Talk:Style guide
• Talk:Syntax and formatting

Categories

There are currently a handful of articles available, across several categories.