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11 Jul 2012, 3:58 pm

I had a thought the other day, if people with Aspergers are called Aspies, people without Aspergers or any other form of autism could be called: "Neurotypies".



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11 Jul 2012, 4:16 pm

I like it :)



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11 Jul 2012, 4:19 pm

But people are already shortening the word to 'NTs'. :D

(<--- is not much of a fan of the term 'neurotypical')


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11 Jul 2012, 4:20 pm

Yeah, I like it too :o



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11 Jul 2012, 4:31 pm

I like the term " neurotypies."
I got a bit confused, at first, reading some posts---that mentioned "NT's". I have been into the Meyers-Briggs temperament indicator and Kiersey's work on the same subject. For psych enthusiasts, NT means "intuitive-thinker". (Like intj, intp, entj, entp.) Now I see here that NT refers to normies or neurotypies.



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11 Jul 2012, 4:42 pm

I've read "nypicals" from John Elder Robison's book "Be Different". I think it's kinda cool. Anything that softens the name that makes normal sound more like extraterrestrial.