Neurotypical

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"Neurotypical" (or "NT") is a neologism used to describe people whose neurological development and state are consistent with what most people would perceive as normal in their ability to process linguistic information and social cues.[1] While originally coined among the autistic community as a label for non-autistic persons,[2] the concept was later adopted by both the neurodiversity movement and the scientific community.[3][4][5]

In the United Kingdom, the National Autistic Society recommends the use of the term in its advice to journalists.[6]

The term is sometimes used sarcastically, as in Autistics.Org's tongue-in-cheek "Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical", for example.[7]

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  1. ^ Cashin, Andrew, "Two Terms-One Meaning: The Conundrum of Contemporary Nomenclature in Autism" Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Aug 2006, viewed Feb. 27, 2007
  2. ^ "A note about language and abbreviations", Jim Sinclair. Accessed 4 March 2007
  3. ^ SHare DJ, Jones S, Evershed K., "A comparative study of circadian rhythm functioning and sleep in people with Asperger syndrome" Autism 10 (6): 565-575 Nov 2006
  4. ^ O'Connor K, Hamm JP, Kirk IJ, "The neurophysiological correlates of face processing in adults and children with Asperger's syndrome" Brain and Cognition 59 (1): 82-95 Oct. 2005
  5. ^ Myles BS, Huggins A, Rome-Lake M, et al., "Written language profile of children and youth with Asperger syndrome: From research to practice" Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 38 (4): 362-369, Dec. 2003
  6. ^ "What to say (and not to say) about autism", National Autistic Society
  7. ^ "Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical", Autistics.org. Accessed 4 March 2007

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