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noun

Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment.

a tendency to view life in terms of one's own needs and desires.

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Origin:
1910–15; aut- + -ism

Related forms

au·tist, noun

au·tis·tic

[aw-tis-tik] , adjective

au·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

un·au·tis·tic, adjective

Can be confused: artistic, autistic.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Research and clinical observation are starting to show that autistic girls are different from autistic boys.

Teco shows more interest in objects than in his family-much as autistic children do.

Any parent of an autistic child will tell you that their life is forever changed by their child's condition.

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Research and clinical observation are starting to show that autistic girls are different from autistic boys.

Teco shows more interest in objects than in his family-much as autistic children do.

Any parent of an autistic child will tell you that their life is forever changed by their child's condition.

Parents of young people with autistic disorders often say they notice that symptoms calm down when the children have a fever.

Autistic children have difficulty with mimesis and imaginative play.

But it now looks unlikely that there are more autistic people around than there used to be.

The travel industry is beginning to understand that the autistic travel market is growing by leaps and bounds.

All autistic children suffer from an impaired ability to.

In either case, there were many more changes in the dose of genes among autistic individuals.

Autistic children face a host of problems as they approach adolescence, when social interactions become more complicated.

Odds are that one of the adults will quit or lose a job in order to care for the autistic child and coordinate his.

The notion is that autistic children-and autistic adults-have extremely male brains.

They may have certain talents and abilities that non autistic people may not have.

None were awarded compensation because the child became autistic as a result of immunization and the study states as much.

The story of the first child diagnosed with autism raises questions of how to best help autistic adults.

Yet another prize for autistic theories who do not believe in real people and dream of rational actors.

Low levels of mirror system activity have been linked to autistic spectrum disorders.

Bloomberg's request of city agencies to scale back their budgets might affect some programs for autistic children.

Not every autistic child may be linked to the abnormal features on the placenta.

The answer could help autistic people and others whose mental wires are crossed.

Many autistic children are given cod liver oil as a supplement.

It's not a new idea to write from an autistic child's point of view.

Shaw said that teaching autistic children required flexibility since even the best-laid lesson plans might have to be jettisoned.

Their brains temporarily take on autistic characteristics.

Weaver plays an autistic woman whose daughter has died in a car accident.

Then they go into denial when formerly healthy children become autistic or have other problems.

Therapists who work with autistic children have found that some useful treatment comes with four paws and fur.

Children afflicted with autistic tendencies are oftem afflicted with language delays that delay progress of other therapies.

Jones relives two visions of a trip to the supermarket with her autistic son.

On the other side are parents who noticed that shortly after having their children vaccinated autistic symptoms began to appear.

Parents of autistic children go back to school to help their own, and others'.

The mistake is that the astronomers by autistic mathematics have mixed up orbital speed and angular velocity.

Sadly, even after all of this, many parents of autistic children still blame the vaccine.

It is plausible that a subset of children became autistic because of these adverse events from their vaccines.

We had him tested by a specialist and found he is autistic and isnt' biplor, have anxiety or adhd.

My daughter is autistic and her grandmother and great grandmother both had red hair.

It has been shown to improve the affect and behavior of autistic individuals.

The parents of autistic kids were dissed by the establishment.

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World English Dictionary

autism (ˈɔːtɪzəm)

—n
	psychiatry abnormal self-absorption, usually affecting children, characterized by lack of response to people and actions and limited ability to communicate

[C20: from Greek autos self + -ism]

usage Rather than talking about an autistic or autistics, it is better to use phrases such as a person with autism and people with autism

au'tistic

—*adj*, —n

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Word Origin & History

autism

Ger. Autismus, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) from Gk. autos- "self" (comb. form) + -ismos suffix of action or of state.

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autistic

1912 (Bleuler), from autism (q.v.). Noun meaning "person with autism" is recorded from 1968.

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Medical Dictionary

autism au·tism (ô'tĭz'əm)
n.

Abnormal introversion and egocentricity; acceptance of fantasy rather than reality.
Infantile autism.

au·tis'tic (ô-tĭs'tĭk) adj.

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Science Dictionary

autism

(ô'tĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
A developmental disorder characterized by severe deficits in social interaction and communication and by abnormal behavior patterns, such as the repetition of specific movements or a tendency to focus on certain objects. Autism is evident in the first years of life. Its cause is unknown.

autistic adjective

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Cultural Dictionary

autism definition

A psychiatric disorder marked by deficits in communication and social interaction.

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