Profile of a Neurotypical?

Post Reply New Topic

I think some common traits would include:

- enjoying small talk/ritualized social communication.
- less impacted by changes/more intense stimuli in their environment.
- more of an innate/easily learned understanding of facial expressions and body language and tone of voice.
- more varied, but often more shallow, interests. (Typically don't research things for hours that aren't necessary for their career/degree for fun.)
- typically do not experience meltdowns with rocking, etc, except perhaps after something like seeing their dog get run over by a car.
- typically prioritize relationships/feelings of others over facts and being precise. Less likely to thank you for correcting an error, especially in public, than an Aspie.
- More likely to enjoy a variety of types of physical contact (whereas many with ASD only like to be touched in specific ways or only by specific people or only under specific circumstances).

Some of these aren't true for everyone, especially introverts who are NT. Again, each person is different.

One recommendation I have is to let NT people know a few ways they can help make sure you are understanding each other. Tony Attwood recommends saying something like "I'm the kind of person who..." I used to tell girls in school that I was the kind of person who needed to be told explicitly when something was a secret. I remember that I couldn't just "tell" like I guess most can. I assumed if you told anyone, you were telling everyone...not the case.

Sorry I have not have time to continue here, but one good question which could cut a lot of grease is, who would be more likely to determine the presence of a troll, a neurotypical or a person with autism?

Maybe my memory is wrong about this, but I think I read a comment warning to look at for trolling on Wrong Planet a few weeks ago. In any case, you make an interesting point, but am not sure if it is relevant to what I am asking, the gist of the question being, which kind of person, generally speaking, would be more likely to be duped? But then I guess the question would come up, are all autistics the same and all neurotypicals the same, and this could be going around in circles which maybe is what you are trying to point out, being a kind of logitician (intended as a compliment) in a way I am not

- NTs are strongly emotionally driven.
- They get others emotions easily if they are emotional nearly the same way. (Especially women.)
- They enjoy eye contact.
- They are able to feel deep empathy. That means they feel the way that sombody feels they are looking at or who they have body contact to.
- They are able to identify emotional with others and by taking imaginary their positions in life.
- They get verbal indirectness because they get they recognize the way that others of them are thinking.
- NTs like emotional manipulations.
- They like to socialize but are a lot into ape like hierarchies if doing so.


As soon as you learn to read people emotionally you'll find that many NTs have a nearly as high level of social anxiety as you have and many of them even higher. Many don't even dare to move the wrong way near to others because they are totally afraid to be judged because of this. Their whole body language is quite often strange and anxiuosly restricted because of this. They may get emotions of others easily but many of them don't get themself.

_________________
I am as I am. Life has to be an adventure!