I think that it means autistic. I was in Venice last year. My wife is an intervention specialist who works with autistic students, particularly non-speaking students, and we were talking to some Venetians about it. They weren’t like acutely aware of autism like in the USA, they said that support and services were growing there, but that it was still pretty grassroots. So the context/meaning of the word could be different than other places, while still having the same basic meaning.
I think that it means autistic. I was in Venice last year. My wife is an intervention specialist who works with autistic students, particularly non-speaking students, and we were talking to some Venetians about it. They weren’t like acutely aware of autism like in the USA, they said that support and services were growing there, but that it was still pretty grassroots. So the context/meaning of the word could be different than other places, while still having the same basic meaning.