Definition of autistic
:of, relating to, or marked by autism or autism spectrum disorder
- autistic behavior
- autistic children
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The new facilities were part of a plan to expand the number of sites for instruction of autistic students.
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Adaptive behavior often determines the extent to which an autistic person can function independently.
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Trejo volunteers locally for autistic causes and speaks to school kids as well.
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When Matt was little, Kelly was a Head Start caseworker who patiently taught parents how to manage their autistic children.
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The family of an autistic teenager from Whittier who died when he was left on a sweltering school bus for hours in 2015 has received $23.5 million in a settlement with the company whose employee was convicted in January in the teen’s death.
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Big Mama’ to her employees—and her highly intelligent, autistic brother Dean (Harold Perrineau), to whom she's promised a bigger house and a better life.
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Three of them were returned three months later; but one son, then 12, who was developmentally disabled and autistic, was placed in a group home for seven months longer.
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According to police, Joost, who was autistic, was strangled by his father, David, who also strangled his 55-year-old wife, Margaret O'Leary-Joost, a crisis worker at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, before taking his own life.
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First Known Use of autistic
1942
Definition of autistic
:an individual affected with autism or autism spectrum disorder
Recent Examples of autistic from the Web
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Thirty years later, the belief persists that autistics can reliably count a pile of toothpicks at a glance.
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First Known Use of autistic
1965
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of autistic
:of, relating to, or marked by autism or autism spectrum disorder
- autistic behavior
- autistic children
medical Definition of autistic
:an individual affected with autism or autism spectrum disorder
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