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14 Mar 2010, 8:50 pm

What exactly is an NT?



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14 Mar 2010, 8:54 pm

Neurotypical, not having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder or ADHD or any of the pervasive developmental disorders we talk about on this forum



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14 Mar 2010, 8:54 pm

A person without autism/adhd/dyslexia/dyspraxia etc.
Usually a typical neurological brain structure, and yes there are differences even though not all brains are the same the difference between an NT brain and autistic(I'm talking the whole spectrum here) is very different. That's why they say we think a different way.


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14 Mar 2010, 10:19 pm

so essentially it means "normal"?



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14 Mar 2010, 10:29 pm

A typical person who doesn't have problems.


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14 Mar 2010, 10:40 pm

swansong wrote:
so essentially it means "normal"?

Yup, that's it.


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15 Mar 2010, 1:35 am

I don't think that a typical person doesn't have problems.
I think it's more that NTs tend to have problems that other NTs understand.

It's like living in a world where most people can't do maths, and they're all complaining about it, and they sympathise with each other. Whereas we can do maths, but complain about the fact that we can't get decent food and no one understands that this is a problem.



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15 Mar 2010, 1:47 am

swansong wrote:
What exactly is an NT?


As I have mentioned last time this was asked, which was last year... or was it way earlier? :scratch: "NT" is shortened term for "Neuro Typical".