#xenautistic

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Hello! I'm very new to this area of the internet and I'm trying to learn all I can. I wanted to ask what is your definition of the term transautistic? Do you identify with this term and if so, what was the journey like realizing that term described you? Do you think people can transition to this and if so, how? Thanks!

Hi, welcome to the transID side of the internet!

So I'd probably consider the definition of transautistic to be something like... an individual who considers themselves to be autistic which is, on some level, incongruent to a [lack of] diagnosis (whether professionally, self, or some other way diagnosed) of autism. One could also consider themselves transautistic if, despite a diagnosis of autism, they consider themselves to be some other type of autistic.

Personally, although I perhaps could, I don't call myself transautistic as I am cisautistic. Though perhaps I could consider myself trisautistic - trisID is for when someone considers themselves to be both trans- and cis- [identity].

I tend to lean more towards the term Xenautistic. It's similar to Xenogender (just take off the o); the definition is "where your (trans)autistic identity can be described using non-human/non-normative terms and is connected to/influenced by aesthetics, animals, objects, colors, etc"

Honestly, unlike other transidentities I hold, this term doesn't have much of a story to it. I just really resonate with the feeling that my autism is connected to non-normative descriptors. As soon as I saw the term get coined, I immediately donned it.

Yes, I do think transautistics can transition! However, I have no idea how one would go about transitioning one's neurotype. Unfortunately I'm not the one to ask that particular question as it's not something I have to grapple with. But even if I don't know or understand the details, I'm pretty sure I've seen a couple transitioning transautistics on here!

Thanks for stopping by!

[watercolormogai]

Xenautistic (reclaimed)

Xenautistic (reclaimed) , or xeninautistic if you want to avoid using the term "xenautistic" due to its negative connotations , is a term where instead of using the "normal" ways of description for your autism , you describe it using things like animals , objects , colors , aesthetics , concepts , etc .

The original definition (taken from a transautistic term carrd that V found while blocking people in the radqueer tags) is "where your (trans)autistic identity can be described using non-human/non-normative terms and is connected to/influenced by aesthetics, animals, objects, colors, etc" . This is basically that , but different because it isn't inclusive of anyone who isn't actually autistic (self-diagnosing is perfectly fine and valid , V self-diagnosed when V was younger !) , and this term isn't inherently ableist when only used for real autistics , for reasons V will explain in the next few paragraphs .

It's very well known that autistic people (and neurodivergent people in general , but this term is autistic exclusive , self-diagnosed or professionally disgnosed) see the world differently and describe things differently than allistics . A lot of autistic people use xenogenders to describe their gender , or allions to describe their orientations .

At its core , autism isn't just a diagnosis or just a word , it's a lot of symptoms and thoughts and actions that are complex and difficult to understand a lot of the time . This can be compared to gender , but it's much different from gender as there aren't a ton of different types of autism , you are either autistic or allistic .

But xeninautistic terms can potentially be used to describe how you view your autism or how you feel like it functions or portrays itself . They are not different types of autism , but rather additional and optional labels for people to describe their experiences . It is NOT a transautistic term . It is exclusive to real , actual autistics , and it isn't a different kind of autism because there aren't different kinds of autism . There are different symptoms , there are different amounts of support you may need , but there are not different kinds of autism .

Xeninautistic terms are not a different kind of autism , nor a transautistic term , nor a gender . Period . They are labels to describe autistic people's experiences with their autism and they are personal to each individual . Allistics cannot use xeninautistic terms . This is NOT a transautistic term whatsoever .

This was made by someone who is autistic and uses xeninautistic labels to feel more comfortable with vyself because vy autism is unique and complex and V want to have a way to describe it without associating vyself with transautistics .

The flag was based off of the transautistic (reclaimed) flag by @endermogai .

[transx-mogai-cafe]

❤️💛💚💙💜Transautistics 🤝 Xenautistics💚💙🤍🩷🤍💙💜

[transx-mogai-cafe]

What are xenautistic, if you don't mind us asking?

I don't mind at all! The definition is "where your (trans)autistic identity can be described using non-human/non-normative terms and is connected to/influenced by aesthetics, animals, objects, colors, etc"

So basically it's the xeno- prefix chopped down to xen-, then -autistic. So if you've seen terms like catautistic, sunsetskyautistic, etc. those are xenautism identities. Similar concept as xenogenders!