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BettaPonic
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04 Aug 2017, 6:40 pm

What's the big deal? Groups don't own words.



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04 Aug 2017, 6:54 pm

lazyflower wrote:
The way I see it, is that if your brain permanently differs from the typical brain, you're neurotypical


No, no - quite the opposite -

Neuro = "related to the brain"

Typical = "usual, normal"

A Neurotypical brain IS a normal brain.

One that differs would be Neuro-A-typical, but that's too easily confused, and IMO should be discarded as a useless term.


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05 Aug 2017, 5:46 pm

will@rd wrote:
lazyflower wrote:
The way I see it, is that if your brain permanently differs from the typical brain, you're neurotypical


No, no - quite the opposite -

Neuro = "related to the brain"

Typical = "usual, normal"

A Neurotypical brain IS a normal brain.

One that differs would be Neuro-A-typical, but that's too easily confused, and IMO should be discarded as a useless term.


Oops, obviously meant neurodiverse, as I also wrote later in my post. Stupid typo. Thanks for correcting though



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09 Aug 2017, 6:29 am

I don't agree with the rise in 'word ownership' but I think that the OP has a good point. If people throw 'neurotypical' around with no relation to autism then the word will lose its meaning.