What is a NT

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I keep seeing the term NT when it comes to aspergers or autism, being aspergers myself I am curious what this means, please don't call me stupid for not knowing what it is, just never heard that tern NT before

"NT" is shorthand for "neurotypical."

"Neurotypical" people, basically, are "normal" people who are not autistic/Aspergian.

And people wih Mental Retardation, Alzheimer's, and all these other brain disfunctions or diseases what can separate people from the norm and/or affect social/emotional/intellectual behaviour get to be called NTs too.

Am i missing something?

If we're classifying people using this type of system, doesn't it make sense to use three categories?

1) Us 2) Normal 3) Not normal, but not us?

A neurotypical is a term used mostly by autistics to identify someone without Autism. Sometimes the word neurotypical can be deragatory as well but this is less common. Those dang neurotypicals dont understand my love of farting stairway to heaven.

Just like people with Autism, neurotypicals come in all different types of personalities. Some are social butterflies while others are more introverted.

I think that term (NT=neurotypcial) is used specifically from an "autistic or not" point of view. So all people that are not autistic are called NT, whether or not they have other brain conditions. Other brain conditions are irrelevant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical

"Neurotypical or NT, an abbreviation of neurologically typical, is a term coined in the autistic community as a label for people who are not on the autism spectrum. However, the term eventually became used for anyone who does not have atypical neurology: in other words, anyone who does not have autism, dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, ADD/ADHD, or other similar conditions. The term was later adopted by both the neurodiversity movement and the scientific community."

I once called a guy neurotypical, and he was quite offended at first, but seemed to calm down when I told him what it meant. I guess the word is too similar to "neurotic" to be easily accepted as a label. Also "typical" is often seen as an insult, for some reason. So use it with care.

"Neurotypical" means someone who doesn't have a neurological condition.

"Allistic" means someone who is not autistic.

A lot of people here still use "neurotypical" to mean "allistic."

And people wih Mental Retardation, Alzheimer's, and all these other brain disfunctions or diseases what can separate people from the norm and/or affect social/emotional/intellectual behaviour get to be called NTs too.

Am i missing something?

If we're classifying people using this type of system, doesn't it make sense to use three categories?

1) Us 2) Normal 3) Not normal, but not us?

That's what I meant. I was being sarcastic.

A neurotypical is someone with a brain that functions normally essentially.

Last edited by Sweetleaf on 31 Jan 2015, 12:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I do not think so...I'd think a lot of them would be outside the realm of neurotypical as well. Though can be tricky with things like anxiety and depression, since I think neurotypicals can develop it....but perhaps after developing it they aren't neurotypical anymore unless they recover from the depression.

As someone with autism that makes no sense since simply not having autism hardly means one has normal functioning brain and neurology. So I sure as hell do not use the term in such an inaccurate confusing way as it makes no sense....if other people with autism want to use it that way....have at it.