When a person claims to be on the autistic spectrum despite having no diagnosis, minimal or no tendencies and increasingly behaves as if they’re severely impaired in order to gain something; whether that be
financial aid, sympathy, a following or excuses for poor behaviour. Usually adorned with badges, lanyards or car stickers proclaiming themselves as autistic, often self
diagnosed from seeing other fauxtistics on
social media, and typically make a huge dramatic announcement about their non existent or fraudulent autism diagnosis. As if they were coming out.
He claims to be on
the spectrum and unable to tolerate strangers or loud noises under any
circumstances, hence why he can’t go on any errands. But these pictures of him
crowd surfing at a concert on Saturday suggest he is fauxtistic.