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08 Aug 2010, 5:04 am

then what's the word for having a typical body? Somato-typical? Physio-typical?



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08 Aug 2010, 5:06 am

I don't think there is an official word for that. I could be wrong, though.
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD. You could still have something like OCD or bipolar disorder, which would mean that your brain still isn't 'typical', but you aren't autistic.



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08 Aug 2010, 5:20 am

jmnixon95 wrote:
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD.


Are you sure? I'm not the expert, but I think you can NOT be on the spectrum, yet still not be NT.



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08 Aug 2010, 5:35 am

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD.


Are you sure? I'm not the expert, but I think you can NOT be on the spectrum, yet still not be NT.

I agree. I think the term neurotypical to describe someone as someone without an ASD is insufficient and misleading. Not intentionally of course, just unfortunate. Like the term global warming doesn't describe the situation accurately.



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08 Aug 2010, 5:35 am

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD.


Are you sure? I'm not the expert, but I think you can NOT be on the spectrum, yet still not be NT.


Pretty sure, yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical
http://autismfacts.wordpress.com/what-i ... rotypical/



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08 Aug 2010, 5:36 am

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
then what's the word for having a typical body? Somato-typical? Physio-typical?


what do you think is a typical body?



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08 Aug 2010, 5:40 am

jmnixon95 wrote:
CaptainTrips222 wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD.


Are you sure? I'm not the expert, but I think you can NOT be on the spectrum, yet still not be NT.


Pretty sure, yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical
http://autismfacts.wordpress.com/what-i ... rotypical/


Yeah, you're right. I just googled the term, and most definitions support what you said.



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08 Aug 2010, 5:30 pm

ayla wrote:
CaptainTrips222 wrote:
then what's the word for having a typical body? Somato-typical? Physio-typical?


what do you think is a typical body?


One that doesn't have any appendages missing, I guess.


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08 Aug 2010, 6:46 pm

Hodor wrote:
ayla wrote:
CaptainTrips222 wrote:
then what's the word for having a typical body? Somato-typical? Physio-typical?


what do you think is a typical body?


One that doesn't have any appendages missing, I guess.


haha right..



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08 Aug 2010, 7:09 pm

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
CaptainTrips222 wrote:
jmnixon95 wrote:
'Neurotypical' just means you don't have an ASD.


Are you sure? I'm not the expert, but I think you can NOT be on the spectrum, yet still not be NT.


Pretty sure, yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical
http://autismfacts.wordpress.com/what-i ... rotypical/


Yeah, you're right. I just googled the term, and most definitions support what you said.

Yes. But technically, it's just wrong.


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08 Aug 2010, 9:01 pm

I don't think that there is such a thing, as a typical body.


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