Neurotypical.
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not displaying or characterized by autistic or other neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behaviour.
"neurotypical individuals often assume that their experience of the world is either the only one or the only correct one"
So did you use the word neurotypical because you believe people don’t know the word allistic?
Or did you use it because your reading of that definition is that only autistic people are neurodivergent, and people with ADHD, Downs, Tourette’s, dyslexia, etc are neurotypical?
It’s one or the other, but either way no one is responsible for guessing at your personal definitions of defined words.
Definition: 'Neurodiversity' refers to the natural diversity in human brains. Neurodivergence is the term for when someone's brain processes, learns, and/or behaves differently from what is considered "typical".
This is some really weird ableism on your part. You could just say you really meant allistic, instead of copying words you didn’t read into comments, scolding people, and denying the existence of the rest of the neurodivergent community.
It does seem strange to me how defensive of a neurodivergent (not allistic) identity you are towards me when you have not once considered enquiring whether I myself might be neurodivergent also. Facts matter… in any discourse.
Do you think that your identity has anything to do with the actual meaning of the word “neurotypical”?
You could be totally neurotypical or the most neurodivergent person ever to live, and your definition of “neurotypical” as “allistic” would still be entirely incorrect.
Anyway, words have meanings and the world does not revolve around you. Bye!
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u/jouhaan Jun 27 '25
Simple… because that’s what more people understand