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02 Dec 2010, 5:05 pm

League_Girl wrote:

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NT does not mean non-autistic. Too many people misuse the term. NT means someone who is not diagnosed with a disorder.

The term NT (neurotypical) was originally coined by the autistic community to refer to people who are not on the autism spectrum in order avoid using the word "normal". It was originally coined by Jim Sinclair of Autism Network International (ANI):

http://web.archive.org/web/20080606024118/http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/language.htm

Oh I guess not then. (for what I said in my PP).

Yes, the autistisnobs (i.e. the aspies and HFA's who think they're better than NT's) like NT bashing. However, the term NT was never meant to be used to bash people who not like us. It was meant to be used instead of "normal", firstly because "normal" is not a precise term and depends on context and secondly because it implies that those with autism or Asperger's are "abnormal". Think about gay people using the word "straight" to describe people who are attracted to the opposite sex.

Goodness, so "straight" was also a bigotry word for people who aren't gay/lesbian?

No, the point is that neither word was mean to be a "bigotry" word. Just neutrally descriptive.

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02 Dec 2010, 5:17 pm

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League Girl - I'm afraid the word "Neurotypical" is here to stay. If it is offensive, then surely being non autistic and "normal" they can just let it go and not be offended by it. Or are Neurotypicals going to be deliberately offended by the words of an "inferior species of human"?.

Another myth about NT's, they don't all think we're an "inferior species of human".

Most don't even care or want to know, I have only found 2 people in my 28 years that are seriously nice people.

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04 Dec 2010, 4:50 pm

League_Girl wrote:

Jono wrote:

League_Girl wrote:

Jono wrote:

Asp-Z wrote:

NT does not mean non-autistic. Too many people misuse the term. NT means someone who is not diagnosed with a disorder.

Oh I guess not then. (for what I said in my PP).

Goodness, so "straight" was also a bigotry word for people who aren't gay/lesbian?

I have to admit, that made me giggle. :lol:

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04 Dec 2010, 4:53 pm

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Another myth about NT's, they don't all think we're an "inferior species of human".

Most don't even care or want to know, I have only found 2 people in my 28 years that are seriously nice people.

There are probably more nice ones, you just haven't met them yet.

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05 Dec 2010, 1:19 am

NTs love crowds and don't mind them.

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05 Dec 2010, 3:00 am

NT's are sane

Everybody is nuts to some degree. On one side of the nuts spectrum you have slightly weird and on the other end is psycho maniac killlers.

The most interesting thing is the more normal a person seems, more they are hiding from others.

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12 Jan 2011, 5:32 pm

NTs have no trouble getting to sleep.

NTs like every food.

NTs can't be weird.

NT adults aren't ever childish. (Fact: we can all be childish at times, even serious people)

NTs never get angry.

NTs can't ever be shy and if they are shy they are on the spectrum.

NTs never get lost in their thoughts.

NTs never get scared of anxious.

NT kids never have tantrums over the age of 4.

NTs are never vulnerable.

NTs never whine.

NTs know better not to smoke or drink alcohol. (Biggest myth in the world!! !)

NTs are everyone in the world but Aspies. (Most annoying myth in the world!! !)

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13 Jan 2011, 5:32 am

They are very supportive of us, when we lose something that means a lot to us.

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13 Jan 2011, 4:40 pm

They don't wish to cure or abort us. :twisted:

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13 Jan 2011, 5:34 pm

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NTs are who we should aspire to be like.

Thats actually how I live my life. I surround myself with NT's and prefer them to anybody who is afflicted. I can never get on with fellow Aspies, they are too strange to me, then again, I am more normal then most of them anyway.

If you call them "afflicted," I can see why they would have trouble getting along with you. You are no better than anyone else.

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13 Jan 2011, 5:35 pm

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No one has souls.

I disagree, but you are entitled to your own opinion.

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13 Jan 2011, 5:38 pm

NTs are stupid.

NTs are all happy.

NTs all feel comfortable in their own skins.

NTs have never suffered.

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15 Jan 2011, 11:40 am

All NTs have average or below IQ and if their IQ is high they are on the spectrum (such an annoying stereotype!)

NTs never get earache from noise

NTs have a strong immune system

NTs don't dribble in their sleep

NTs don't get annoyed about anything

NTs don't care for any routine

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15 Jan 2011, 2:23 pm

NTs know what other people are thinking.

NTs can feel what other people feel.

(Or these "other people" are only "other people who are like them", but not necessarily all other NTs),

NTs are able to imagine all situations.

NTs never misread body language, intonation or such.

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10 Apr 2011, 6:21 pm

Myth: All NT girls love fashion and read gossip magazines.

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