Allistic

Allistic describes a person who is not autistic. The term was introduced in 2003 by autistic software engineer Andrew Main and comes from the Greek "allos," meaning other, set against "autos," meaning self, in the word autism. It is useful because it names non-autistic people directly without implying that autism is a deficit or that non-autistic is the same as normal. Allistic is not identical to neurotypical: an allistic person can still be neurodivergent in other ways, such as having ADHD or dyslexia. The word appears often at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and neurodiversity communities, where many people identify as both queer and autistic and ask for spaces that honor both.