Writing a 'paper'

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Okay, I'm going to write a paper of sorts on neurotypicals. ((What?))

I can do this. Trouble is, I need some stuff to get me going, anyone have any ways to overcome brain strike?

Think of an everyday situation, like going to the store for milk. Write down how AS would approach such a situation, and how a NT might do it. Look at the diffrences and start there.

More details please....what is focus of paper?etc.

Well, you know all those papers on Aspies/auties?

Like that but doing it as if studying NTs

What other questions would you like me to answer?

Outline.

I. Introduction
A. Who are NTs
B. Who are Aspies
II. Body
A. Why the difference
B. Aspies in NTland
C. NTs in AspieWorld
III. Conclusions
A. How it is
B. How it could be
C. What needs to be done

You get the idea. Don't use this outline. I'm not doin' your homework for ya'.

There are some papers on autism posted on a Case Western Reserve University website that could provide examples and be a good resource.

http://www.case.edu/affil/sce/Represent ... utism.html

Hi,

What about some background information about what Asperger's is, what the differences are, how we do not understand NTs so you go to the store to observe them in their natural habitat.

Basically an ethnographical approach like Margret Meed watching the natives.

There's that spoof NT Test.


http://isnt.autistics.org/ntscreening.html


But I also sort of agree with others that a paper would need a strong focus on something specific. Maybe look at something like a particular Vanity: so many things that mainstream people buy are bought to impress others, not to serve any purpose. Maybe find two or three examples of totally crass products (today or in the past) which mainstream people "just had to own" and ask whether NT culture isn't 50% wasted effort?