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ActuallyAutistic terminology

List of Autistic traits (incomplete)

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. --Fire Eider (talk) 14:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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 --AutExplorer (talk)

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!" --Fochti (talk) 18:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Good points. I retract what I said earlier --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.

Core autistic traits

Autistic nonverbal communication

Autistic verbal communication

Gender and sexuality

Imperatives and neurological

Familial

Memory

Pychological

Physical

Senses

Traumagenic Autistic traits

Additional Autistic traits

Social Media

Outmoded terminology

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 In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

Sociology

Psychology

Neurology

Allistic communication & miscommunication

Dating and relationships

Autistic culture

Comorbidities

Accommodations

Culture-specific differences

Diagnostic journey

Problems with autism research

Mental health

Information processing differences

Office & work dynamics

Articles and threads

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.

Yet-to-be-sorted categories

You can put stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else (yet) here.

Misc

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