Can neurotypicals have synesthesia?

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Can neurotypicals have synesthesia?

Maybe.

So far as I know, yes. Apparently it might be relatively common.

Depends on if you define neurotypical to exclude synesthesia. But yeah, people can have just synesthesia and nothing else, if that's what you're interested in.

Probably, unless you define NT as not having it.

Here I'm not defining NT as necessarily not having synesthesia.

I know of three NT's that had/have it. Scriabin, the semi-famous late nineteenth composer, a person with bipolar (whom I once knew many years ago) has it, and a current female friend of mine has it also. Therefore, it is possible for an NT to have that.

Yeah why not? It's not like Asperger's means being born permanently fried on acid.

EDIT: My bad, I just noticed your second post...

The term 'neurotypical' is quite relative. For example, synaesthetes might think of themselves as ND or not-NT and those without synaesthesia as NT.

Or the term can be used for anyone who has no neurological conditions.

Relative to Asperger syndrome or ASDs where those with an ASD are ND and those without an ASD are NT, then yes an NT can have synaesthesia.

Because Synesthesia is by definition not "typical" they can't. If you ask can people outside the autistic spectrum have Synesthesia? Yes, they exist.

So does that also mean that all non-heterosexuals are excluded from being neurotypical as non-heterosexuality is not "typical"?

Homosexuality is accepted as being a "typical" minority, like blacks, Jews, arabs, etc are minorities in North America. Synesthesia is a neurological condition that is not typical of a normal person. Homosexuality is not a neurological condition in a medical sense, it is a part of who someone is. It is perfectly normal for someone to be bi/gay/les

With 5 or more percent of the population and the assumption that the majority of humans have at least a bisexual trail, homosexuality can be counted safely as "normal". It also does not change the perception of the world that deeply. To look for John instead of Mary (or the other way around) is not really that big deal neurological.

You can have Synaesthesia without having any ASD traits.

Yes. I saw a show about the brain or something and there was a lady who claimed to have Synaesthesia who definatnly did not have a trace of autism traits. In other words, she was an NT.

My sister has it and my teacher has it too. I think he's an aspie though, or maybe has SID.