ezbzbfcg2 wrote:
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A person with a typical neurotype (excluding those with learning disabilities and such)
I don't understand why this is the top reply, though I might misunderstand. It seems to say people with typical neurotypes are excluded from being neurotypical if they have a "learning disability." So, it's impossible for an NT to have a learning disability?
If a person understands all social cues naturally, finds sociability fun and easy, doesn't have any executive functioning problems, but is struggling in math class, they're excluded from being NT?
No, they are still NT.
It's so difficult to explain, but I do know who is considered NT and who isn't. NTs aren't all the same, but an individual needs certain traits/symptoms grouped together to make up a disorder to be considered non-NT, while some conditions like general anxiety can allow a person to slip through the cracks and still be NT. I suppose it's because anxiety and depression are common enough to make a human not NT, as is someone who struggles with math. I'm not sure about things like Bipolar though, being so I don't know much about it.
My friend with Fragile-X syndrome is a good example that not all allistics are NT. She doesn't have autism with it, but she still struggles in areas that most people take for granted. She has always struggled with making friends, has trouble making eye contact, doesn't like loud noises, has trouble with relationships, has never moved out of her parents house and has been unemployed for 10 years even though she's been looking for work. So probably a lot of Aspies here can relate to her, and to me she isn't an NT. Also children with Fragile-X are known to show behaviours similar to autism and ADHD, like hand flapping, lack of eye contact and hyperactivity. Some have intellectual disabilities too, although my friend is lucky enough to be rather average or maybe a little below average intelligence but not enough to be considered mentally 'ret*d'.
Even though the nature of non-autism disabilities aren't necessarily about being socially inept, I still believe that people with intellectual disability (in other words mental retardation) or downs syndrome or whatever, can still be prone to social rejection and feel misunderstood by society. Their disabling symptoms can lead to social awkwardness or behavioural issues because you still need a certain amount of intellect and certain behaviours to socially function normally. I'm not saying all social skills are made up of intellect, as autistic people with high IQs are usually socially inept, but you know what I mean.
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18 Jun 2019, 7:21 pm
