different between allistic vs neurodivergent

English

Etymology

From allo- +? -istic, by analogy with autistic; compare allism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?l?st?k/, /??l?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

allistic (not comparable)

1. (neologism) Not autistic.
   • 2013, Corbett Joan O'Toole, "Disclosing Our Relationships to Disabilities: An Invitation for Disability Studies", Disability Studies Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2 (endnote):

     As with the rest of the article, I am following the conventions of the disabled people I am discussing. Autistics prefer to be called "autistic" and perceive the term "people with autism" as an allistic (non-autistic) phrase.

   • 2013, Ianthe M. Belisle Dempsey, "Autism Acceptance Month (And Why Autism $peaks Should Stop Talking)", Indy (Bloomington–Normal, Illinois), Volume 12, Number 10, April 2013, page 1:

     The ASMC, like A$, aims mostly at helping to ease the “burden” autistic children and family members place on their allistic relatives and caretakers.

   • 2014, Stormy O'Brink, "People with disabilities are not broken", The Northern Iowan (University of Northern Iowa), 28 April 2014:

     For those who don’t know, Autism Speaks has an executive board and leadership made entirely of allistic people, or people who are not autistic.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:allistic.

English

Etymology

neuro- +? divergent. Coined by Kassiane Asasumasu.

Adjective

neurodivergent (comparative more neurodivergent, superlative most neurodivergent)

1. Having an atypical neurological configuration.

Synonyms

• neuroatypical

Antonyms

• neurotypical