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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Stop saying allistic, it's really silly.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Neurotypical is honestly a better word

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neurotypical means they have 0 mental conditions/disorders, allistic just means not autistic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be aautistic or non-autistic anyway?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Maybe anautistic because autistic starts with a vowel. Or using the same logic with abnormal, we could say abautistic.

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