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- noun Plural form of
neurotypical .
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Examples
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Adam could only be accepted, not to mention find work and friends, in mainstream society when he learned to channel his special capabilities and train himself socially to exist successfully within a community of "neurotypicals" (that's what we normals are called by people on the 'spectrum').
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Asperger's Syndrome: Film Shows Life With Asperger's 2010
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As a generation of young adults emerges who have had the benefits of early-childhood therapies, "neurotypicals" would be wise to listen to individuals with autism communicate their own perspective on their place in society and how they've been treated.
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So here the Bukovinskys sit - Connor and Megan between parents David and Laurie - awaiting an experience that many "neurotypicals" (a name those with autism have given those not affected) take for granted.
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In the first of three articles about the brain this week, we ask how that link works, and whether "neurotypicals" can benefit from the knowledge
Autism Hub 2009
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And off of that condescending talk about "neurotypicals", with all of the faux superiority it implies, only makes matters worse.
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Just because Emma doesn't process things or communicate the way we neurotypicals do, doesn't mean she's not intelligent.
Ariane Zurcher: Some Thoughts on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2011
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Just because Emma doesn't process things or communicate the way we neurotypicals do, doesn't mean she's not intelligent.
Ariane Zurcher: Some Thoughts on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2011
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People will argue that neither are the neurotypicals, but most individuals with an autism spectrum disorder ASD do not have that "antenna" most others have that helps keep people safe.
Chantal Sicile-Kira: Autism Forecast: Mostly Green With a Chance of Red Chantal Sicile-Kira 2012
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Just because Emma doesn't process things or communicate the way we neurotypicals do, doesn't mean she's not intelligent.
Ariane Zurcher: Some Thoughts on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2011
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Just because Emma doesn't process things or communicate the way we neurotypicals do, doesn't mean she's not intelligent.
Ariane Zurcher: Some Thoughts on Autism Ariane Zurcher 2011
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