Can NTs have sensory issues too?

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Some things that seem to bother both Aspies and NTs:

Car air conditioning—*raises hand* some people like it on when it’s only 70 degrees outside, and it drives me a little crazy. House AC is not as bad but when you ride in a car it just feels colder.

Elevator music—so repetitive.

Wind—one of the worst ones.

Barking dogs—wouldn’t it be awesome if you could just ask a dog to stop barking?

sensory issues for NTs in my experience [watching NTs of my acquaintance react to certain things] are more cognitive and less directly sensory-related. IOW they get irritated at prolonged exposure to the behavior of us aspies more often than not.

Sensory processing dysfunction

Anyone can "ask" anyone to do anything

Doesn't mean they will do it

Dog muzzle

Dog owner muzzle

Dog owner shock collar

Leash law

If you are asking whether someone has to have ASD to have sensory issues, I'd say the answer is no. This page describes sensory issues:
https://www.spdstar.org/basic/subtypes-of-spd

However, as you will note, it's describing the sensory issues as being caused by Sensory Processing Disorder, not Autism Spectrum Disorder. As such, it seems to me that this article indirectly suggests that SPD can be a completely standalone condition, separate from ASD.

Of course, SPD would also be a neurological disorder, so the person who has it, while not having ASD, would also not be NT.

For someone with a brain that is NT in every way, I'd still guess they could probably be bothered by sensory, but it would take a lot more of it, since the NT brain is much better designed to cope with this type of thing.

Sensory things can annoy them but it's very unlikely to massively effect their mood, feel physically painful or require recovery for ages after the event like it could somebody with ASD. They are unlikely to plan their lives around their sensory needs as a lot of us have taken to doing.

Note I'm talking about a physically and mentally "normal" NT. Some NTs with problems such as anxiety could I suppose have some sensory issues that overlap a little with ASD ones... For instance crowded places with lots going on. And blind people can have heightened hearing etc.

Sensory processing disorder is a medical diagnosis in and of itself, which presents without any accompanying ASD traits encompassing social challenges and restricted and repetitive behaviours. I'd qualify that as an NT with sensory issues.

Yes.

Their usual sensory issues are sensory intolerance, mainly via other factors -- from upbringing to hormonal, usually simplified to 'custom' and/or 'sensitivity'.
The kind you'll understand why the spoiled and sheltered ones are easily fussy and overwhelm while the others are can adapt/tolerant. They'd assume this is the case, if there 'seem' to be 'nothing wrong' with you.
Then there are those with screwed upbringing, who are, like, accustomed to unpleasant stimuli like pain... And has a distorted associations.

Their sensory processing disorders usually came from age, injury, diseases, disorders, and/or complications instead.
Partially why people thinks ASD is a disease. And some partially why they'd dismiss certain issues with age instead of something else. Kinda why some assuming we're NTs with diseases because of this -- because if it happens to them, this is usually the case.

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Of course, there is sensory processing disorder.

Yes, my mom and I agreed that most colognes/perfumes are obnoxious smelling.

Sure, but I think it's more common among autistic people. As in, if you're an autistic person and don't have sensory issues then you're the odd one out since most autistic people do, but if an NT has sensory issues then he/she is the odd one out 'cause it isn't nearly as common among NTs. And then there are the people who aren't neither autistic or NT, but that's another matter entirely, I suppose.

Yes, they can

I have known at least 2 NTs who had sound sensitivities. One of them was very sensitive to sound in general and thought everything was too loud if it was loud enough to actually hear it (very annoying to try to listen to anything when he was there), and the other one is very sensitive to specific sounds.

Anyone can have sensory issues. Some NTs dislike loud noises or flashing lights or itchy clothes.

Sure, there's of course sensory processing disorder or stuff like photophobia. Some people have a very strong sense of smell for example and that can be a problem and so on.