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24 May 2011, 3:32 pm

It just got me thinking, but who coined the word "NT"?



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24 May 2011, 6:50 pm

I hate the word and will not use it. I think it is a really unhelpful word.



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24 May 2011, 7:01 pm

MyWorld wrote:
It just got me thinking, but who coined the word "NT"?
We did, apparently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical


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24 May 2011, 7:10 pm

It was us who did it! We're guilty! :(


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24 May 2011, 7:13 pm

PLNM wrote:
I hate the word and will not use it. I think it is a really unhelpful word.
It's more precise than "normal", and not as clumsy as "non-autistic" or "not having Asperger's" and the like.

If "autistic" or "Asperger's" represents a 'shade' of some neurological impairment, difficulty or other quantifiable difference then it seems to me that the typical neurological status of the majority, having no comparable indicators, is therefore "neurologically typical".
Hence, "neurotypical".


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24 May 2011, 7:13 pm

Well I imagine it is easier to type NT then it is to type neurotypical....and I was under the impression it was an abreviation for that.



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24 May 2011, 7:40 pm

an aquatic dumptruck to you sir.



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24 May 2011, 7:47 pm

One thing to keep in mind as many of us here have since learned:

"Neurotypical" and/or "NT" is an adjective and not a noun!

Therefore, someone might happen to be "NT", but that someone is not an "NT".

So, questions or comments like "Why do 'NTs' do this or that" are confused questions, and
something like "Why do neurotypical people do this or that" reflects proper use of "NT" (as an adjective).


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25 May 2011, 9:00 am

I think NT is less offensive than calling them ''normal people'', for the simple reason is not all NTs are ''normal''. You don't have to have a disability to be weird.


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25 May 2011, 9:32 am

MyWorld wrote:
It just got me thinking, but who coined the word "NT"?


NT is not a word, it is an abbreviation for the phrase neuro typical.

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25 May 2011, 9:39 am

Joe90 wrote:
I think NT is less offensive than calling them ''normal people'', for the simple reason is not all NTs are ''normal''. You don't have to have a disability to be weird.

I offended one of them by saying "it's amazing how you neurotypicals can.........." - I think he thought I was calling him neurotic. I've often noticed that, when confronted with a vague statement about themselves, many people will assume it's a criticism.