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Maori
Etymology
From takiwā + -tanga, from tōku/tōna anō takiwā (“my/his/her own time and space”),[1] coined in 2017.[2]
Noun
takiwātanga
- autism
2019 August 6, “The Autism Clinic—Te Rāngai Takiwātanga”, in Victoria University of Wellington–1st for research intensity (in English), Victoria University, Wellington, retrieved 2019-09-13:The Autism Clinic—Te Rāngai Takiwātanga has been established at Victoria University of Wellington to evaluate best practice early interventions for young children with autism in New Zealand.
Usage notes
The term takiwātanga can be controversial among those who are autistic in New Zealand. The term kura urupare (meaning "gift/treasure in head") is preferred by some, on the grounds that it was coined by non-autistic persons in the 1990s (predating takiwātanga by decades), and also takiwātanga was coined by those who did not take the prior term into consideration.
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