What is YOUR definition of neurotypical?

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NT means neurotypical -- Neurology of the majority. It's not necessarily mean 'healthy' or 'better or worse'.

It does not define by what they like or dislike, it's not defined by life experiences or upbringing, it's not defined by personality and culture, and it has no predispositions other than what is taught to them AKA the question of "What is normal?".

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For some reason, this first comes to mind

I definitely had a moment, when I realised I'm probably aspie, and I thought:

"Wait, all the 'fake people', the shallow ones who stand around chatting for hours about their kids, diets, gym workouts etc who wouldn't talk to me because I don't get my hair and nails done or follow fashion...they're the 'normal' ones?"

Had to remind myself that I know plenty of people who are probably NT, who are wonderful, friendly non-fake people.

Being proud of who and what I am is a good thing, being an elitist because of it, not so much.

A term made up by autistics to describe people that people that are not autistic or born with non typical brain wiring. Shockingly non specific and metaphoric concept for autistics to invent

Someone who doesn't have any type of neurological disabilities or disorders.

For those who said "No neurological differences or disorders"... don't most people (6 out of 10, at least) have a non-typical brain then? So then neurotypicalism isn't so typical after all, so what is it? Solve that problem!

Allistic is the correct term for non-autistic.

We could go on forever when keep questioning about things like depression or shyness or stuff like that. A bit like asking if people with things IBS are physically disabled.

But the way I see it, people with the following don't fit the NT category:-
Autism spectrum disorder
ADHD
Down's Syndrome
Fragile-X
Personality disorders
Tourette's Syndrome
Soto's Syndrome
Intellectual disability
Bipolar
Schitzephrenia
Epilepsy
Dyspraxia
Dementia
Parkinsons

There are probably more. But some conditions like dyslexia can slip through the net and be NT, depending on the severity and how much it affects their life. It seems like a long list of conditions, but most people who I've met in my entire life don't have any of those, so out of such a huge population, more people are born NT than not.

I never realised it wasn't a word used by the medical profesion. The word has just lost all credability with me

What exactly makes an Aspie less typical than, say, a non-autistic with severe learning disability?

An Aspie adult who is high-functioning, has a job, is married, has kids and can drive, is not "normal", where as an adult with severe intellectual disability who needs to be cared for all his life and kind of has the mind of a baby, is "normal", just because it isn't autism?

Allistic means non-autistic.
Neurotypical means no intellectual or social disorders/disabilities that interferes with their lives (the clue is in the word).

I would say a brain functioning at its optimal performance. Non-NT would deviate from the optimum in some way or another. I don't even know that I would equate "typical" with "majority" since it's entirely possible that a majority has some form of deviation from optimal neurological performance.