Is Autism capitalized

Answer 1

No, the word autism is not capitalized. If it were named after a person, it would be capitalized. One of the first persons to study autism was Kanner, so sometimes there are references to "Kanner's autism", where Kanner is capitalized. Similarly, "Asperger's Syndrome", an autism spectrum disorder that is named after another Doctor Who studied autism, has Asperger's capitalized because it is the name of a person.

Answer 2

Yes, Autistic child is capitalized.
You capitalize when you're talking about individuals or autism as an identity - e.g. Autistic person or Autistic community, but not autism as a diagnosis, autism classroom, autism treatment, etc.

Answer 3

Autism should have a capital letter at the start when talking about it as an identity, for example Autistic person or Autistic community. You don't capitalize when talking about autism as a diagnosis.

Answer 4

There's no such thing as high-functioning autism, this is a term used to try to divide autistic people into those neurotypical people find acceptable and those that they don't. No one should use functioning labels when it comes to autism, they are offensive.