autmisia

English

Etymology

From aut +‎ -misia (as in misogyny or misotheism). Coined in 2016 on the blog Autistictic.

Noun

autmisia (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) prejudice, hatred and discrimination against autistic people.
    • 2021 April 27, Chai Elemental, “Things You Didn’t Know Were Autmisic”, in This is for you, Carrie[1]:
      The first thing that comes to mind when I think about autmisia is ABA.
    • 2023 March 5, lummine.bsky.social(@h_dgz), Twitter[2]:
      Autmisia/autphobia and transphobia are almost the same kind of hate. Trans people, your sanesness[sic] is going to kill us autistic people. Autistic people, your transphobia is going to kill us trans people. Our struggle is almost the same circle for bodily autonomy.