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What does NT stand for. Reading the forum, I find so many things confusing. Is there a resource for these terms?

Neurotypical

victorytea
It is a short way of saying someone who is NOT on the autism spectrum. I know at first a lot of the abbreviations had me confused too. Asking as you did is the best way to find out . I hope you don't feel intimidated from coming here because of the jargon because once you get past that, there is really a lot of good stuff here.

I will continue to learn- thank you Bombaloo.

I have a history of clinical depression (there's family history and I suspect a strong genetics component) and while I am not on the spectrum, I hardly consider myself "neurotypical."

Is NT only about ASD, so that a person with clinical depression or bipolar disorder is still NT?

jstriding - you are right, I mis-spoke. In the context of this forum the term NT is often used to mean not-autistic but really it means one with typical neurology. There are a lot of people who are not autistic but are not NT either.
Thanks