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Discrimination, prejudice, bias and other negative manifestations toward the deaf.
If you were suddenly to become D/deaf overnight, you would experience audism and would be treated differently in so many ways... especially in career fields (e.g. On March 2, 2006, a federal jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its employment discrimination lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. EEOC had charged FedEx with failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to Ronald Lockhart, a deaf employee who worked as a package handler at the company's Baltimore Ramp. The suit charged Federal Express with violating the ADA when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations to Lockhart in the form of American Sign Language interpreters, despite his repeated requests. The jury found FedEx liable for punitive damages in the amount of $100,000 for its knowing failure to accommodate Lockhart as well as compensatory damages of $8,000 for the loss of the accommodation itself. In January 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury’s award.)
Audism by EF November 3, 2012
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Gran Autismo 

When the autism levels are so high it becomes a new stage of pure cringe and embarrassment.

A parody of the racing game series 'Gran Turismo'
1: This furry convention is on a new level of autism

2: i know it's Gran Autismo in here

Immature Autist Delusion 

When ignorant people delude themselves and think that all autists are immature mainly due to mental retardation. This is of course false as most autists have been proven to be highly intelligent and mild functioning and autism itself isn't a mental illness. It is more of a developmental disorder and the more emotionally immature autists would generally be referred to as the Spergs.
Too much people suffer from immature autist delusion. I can guarantee you right now that I may be autistic but I always strive to be highly mature.
An ancient god who created all of the world's memes. He contains unlimited power, and is the source of all autism in the world
Person 1: Dude, have you given your monthly sacrifice to Autismo yet?
Person 2: No man, have you?
A name given to a person with autism as an insult or a joke
Hey autismo!

Don't call me that man, it's not my falt.
autismo by Jsanders November 2, 2013

Autistic 

A word used by arrogant and ignorant dumbfucks to call people stupid. This term is extremely ironic, because most of the geniuses of the past, including Einstein, Newton, and Bill Gates. Whoever uses this term derogatorily should be publicly beaten.
"wow man James is so autistic he got a 36 on the test"
"James if you don't shut the fuck up I'll give you 36 broken bones"
Autistic by anonymous October 21, 2020

autistic 

A way of being for a person with autism. Autism is not a disease. A lot of people feel desperately sorry for autistic people, and look for a cure, because autistics find empathising/conversing difficult. Many autistics are good at other things such as maths/physics, and rembering lots of information. Around 1 in 10 autistics show savant abilities, which may mean they can do VERY fast maths, or play a song they've heard once on a musical instrument without tution, and a variety of others.

A lot of people are oblivious to the concept of autistic adults, only thinking of autism being about children. This is not the case and many autistic adults (such as myself) have jobs and contribute to society like everyone else, and they are not always "high functioning".

Some Autistic people want to be cured, and that's fine if it's what they really want.
However, there are plenty of autistic people who would rather not edit themselves to conform to society's narrow defintion of "normal", of which I am one. The vast majority of people know nothing about autistic people who are HAPPY the way they are, which is a shame.
Pro-sure: "Oh look at that poor autistic child, his life must be so awful because he's different."
Anti-cure: "It's very likely Einstein was autistic, as well as a whole host of other people throughout history. How about appreciating autistic people for they are, not who you wish they were?"
autistic by BJ_fse September 5, 2008