autist vs autistic

autist

noun
  • An autistic person, a person with autism. 

  • A person characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. 

autistic

noun
  • A person who has autism. 

adj
  • Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid. 

  • Having autism, or pertaining to autism. 

  • Lame, uncool, stupid. 

  • Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. 

How often have the words autist and autistic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )