Who is neuro-typical?

[Anonymous]

How is neuro-typical defined?

My 15-year-old son has dyslexia. He only learned to read at age 10 and he writes well below age level. Is he neuro-divergent?

I have difficulty judging space. For example I am constantly dropping things, tripping, and falling because I can't easily judge the distance between my body and other objects around me. I otherwise have a "normal" life (career, family, etc.). Am I neuro-typical?

My friend is face blind. She doesn't recognize people's faces, even if she has known them for a long time. She otherwise has a "normal" life (career, family, etc). Is she neuro-typical?

I ask because I just had a conversation with someone who is self-diagnosed with ADHD. She said I could not understand the neuro-divergent perspective because I am neuro-typical.

[Anonymous]

You might need glasses with such bad depth perception.

[Anonymous]

No one is fully neurotypical. its a sliding scale, a spectrum...

[Anonymous]

No one should be diagnosing themselves or anyone else based on one characteristic.

[Anonymous]

Neurodiverse was terminology originally meant to foster inclusion for people on the autism spectrum but now basically means anything and everything.

[Anonymous]

You may have poor depth perception and/or have proprioception problems. I have the latter. It's hard learning new exercises because I don't know without looking in a mirror to see if my feet are positioned right.
I think that's different from ND.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is fully neurotypical. its a sliding scale, a spectrum...

Not in the way you probably think.

https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one should be diagnosing themselves or anyone else based on one characteristic.

+1

[Anonymous]

I was a gifted kid who was uncoordinated and continue to have poor spatial perception. I am Ivy grad and successful executive with a wonderful family and friends but I can be introverted and get sensory overload from time to time. Basically I have some subclinical symptoms of neurodivergence without it having any impact on my life. I consider myself neurocomplex and Lindsey Mackereth’s work has been really helpful in developing this understanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is neuro-typical defined?

My 15-year-old son has dyslexia. He only learned to read at age 10 and he writes well below age level. Is he neuro-divergent?

I have difficulty judging space. For example I am constantly dropping things, tripping, and falling because I can't easily judge the distance between my body and other objects around me. I otherwise have a "normal" life (career, family, etc.). Am I neuro-typical?

My friend is face blind. She doesn't recognize people's faces, even if she has known them for a long time. She otherwise has a "normal" life (career, family, etc). Is she neuro-typical?

I ask because I just had a conversation with someone who is self-diagnosed with ADHD. She said I could not understand the neuro-divergent perspective because I am neuro-typical.

It’s a really stupid clinical phrase adopted, stupidly, for common use.

We should just stick to plain language. There are normal people and then people who are deviant from normal. Refer to those people based on their individual needs. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

A physical depth perception issue is not neurodivergent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neurodiverse was terminology originally meant to foster inclusion for people on the autism spectrum but now basically means anything and everything.

The woman who coined it had autism but she said she didn't mean for neurodiverse to = autism, that she was fine with anyone who approaches life differently due to their brain using it.

[Anonymous]

Neurodiverse / neurotypical are "TikTok terms".

It's best to not use these terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a gifted kid who was uncoordinated and continue to have poor spatial perception. I am Ivy grad and successful executive with a wonderful family and friends but I can be introverted and get sensory overload from time to time. Basically I have some subclinical symptoms of neurodivergence without it having any impact on my life. I consider myself neurocomplex and Lindsey Mackereth’s work has been really helpful in developing this understanding.

Oh I love this term. Thank you. That helps me understand myself more immediately.

Neurocomplex - that fits.

[Anonymous]

People who claim "neurotypicals" just can't understand them should be ignored. They are generally trying to justify selfish, anti-social behavior that *should* be discouraged even if it's a byproduct of ADHD or other neurodiversity.

I don't trust anyone who uses NT as a derogatory term, anymore than I'd trust someone who uses ND, autistic, or ADHD derogatorily.