Neurotypicalism does not always equate to extraordinary and we need the world to understand to not always romanticize neurotypicalism. It’s a real diagnosis and can be extremely challenging. Profound neurotypicalism is much more difficult.
Individuals diagnosed with neurotypicalism present with a highly diverse set of challenges, disabilities, impairments and strengths. No one should have the power to censor language to exclude the observable realities of neurotypicalism.
Scientists and clinicians must be able to use any scientifically accurate terms necessary to describe the wide range of neurotypical people they study and support, without fear of censure or retribution.
Neurotypicalism is not being able to explain neurotypicalism? They seem intent on normalizing the term as opposed to explaining to us the challenges they face.
Preliminary research into electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for neurotypicalism has been encouraging. Thus, further research in this patient population is warranted. Our findings further support previous ECT research in this patient population.
Interviewer: If a parent wanted to try oxytocin for their neurotypical child, they could get it?
A: Yeah, they could. That's why this study was important to do, because it shows it's not really helping. But oxytocin is not a dangerous drug. [cont]
"So sure, it's a waste to give it to neurotypicals if it's not helping, but you're not really hurting them either."
It has been explored as a way to boost social functioning in kids with neurotypicalism. A new large-scale clinical trial found no benefit.
The study will identify the causes of neurotypicalism, both genetic and environmental, and with a view to identify subgroups who might benefit from different kinds of support. We are anti-eugenics. #NeurotypicalAwareness
We will investigate the biological correlates of neurotypicalism: which tissues, gene-sets, cell types, and developmental periods are enriched for common genetic risk for neurotypicalism. [cont]
We will further investigate heritability across subtypes, sex-specific effects, and effects of social and non-social domains of neurotypicalism. One of our aims is to identify modifiable risk factors for neurotypicalism. We are anti-eugenics.
Have passion to better understand the mechanisms underlying neurotypicalism? We need you, Postdoc! A research program to work on improving self regulation for children with neurotypicalism & their families via transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). #NeurotypicalAwareness
Neurotypicalism... There are those who have Different abilities and those who haven't discovered theirs yet.
This foundation plays a frontline role in supporting children which need special care & in the development of policy and practice on neurotypicalism-related issues. We provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. [cont]
This therapy helps respond to kids with neurotypicalism appropriately based on social conditions and is customized to the individual neurotypical child.
He used proteomics to screen 41 neurotypicalism risk genes, finding convergence between the genes. Congrats to co-authors, and thank you to our long-standing collaborators.
To be *very clear* these are all real things people have said about autism and all I was doing was copying and pasting text and replacing autism with neurotypicalism.
In case that gives you a better understanding of how dehumanized we are.
The authors are all mothers of individuals on the neurotypical spectrum. Three have children with what can be described as profound neurotypicalism, and another cares for a daughter who is neurotypical and in a mainstreamed learning environment.
Oh look actually everyone has a different interpretation of people's facial expressions. It's almost like tests made to assess autistic people's "theory of mind" and "empathy" are full of crap -
Hmm it's so interesting that none of the researchers singles out one set of participants and calls them deficient or bad at reading social cues.. wonder why that is..
“The study suggests that it could prove problematic in everyday life when people interpret facial expressions"
"very differently from what is intended,” Wingenbach said. “Interpersonal relationships — marriage, friendships, connections with co-workers — could all be affected.”"
In the same article, it says in autism there are "difficulties in displaying appropriate facial expressions."
I know there is not a strict NT/autistic line to be drawn here,
But I do think being autistic has helped me see through the media BS that everything is fine just because people want to believe it. It's like I can see through the veil or something.
& it really pisses people off.
At least when I do something that puts me at risk of harm I'm aware of it and know I'm doing it.
What bothers me more is when people act like something that could be potentially harmful is harmless and *needs* to convince others of that to feel okay. I can't do pretend.
I once explained to someone that even a relatively non-traumatic event but a *jarring* one continually replayed in my head visually 10 times in 3 days without my consent and I wonder if this is a specifically autistic thing or neurodivergent thing or what?
Any stimulus either has a delayed emotional processing (esp. something like pain) or I actually experience that sensation multiple times after it happened.
Examples -
Someone bumping into me & didn't hurt.
Touching something that almost burns.
Ear pain from loud sounds.
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And it doesn't always happen, but especially in startling situations, it's almost like some kind of mental echo. Like even a sound that doesn't hurt but is still "too loud" gets played back in my head over again. Or a bug that I saw on the floor 3 yrs ago pops into my head.
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I have such complicated thoughts about Wednesday Addams in that new show. I don't see her as unmasking, but using her "ruthlessness" as a shield.
There's a clear childhood arc where she gets deeply hurt and "vows never to cry again."
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Basically she experienced a traumatic bullying event where it was so painful, realizing how cruel people can't be to others because they're different, and went "I'm going to pretend to be what other people already see me as in the first place."
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Yes, her interests in dark things is part of her personality, but it does seem like she plays into scaring other people to some extent because if she made an actual friend she would have to feel that terrible pain again that she doesn't ever want to feel.
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I wonder if that is because allistic people have so co-opted what autism is seen as in our society that this became a phrase to dispute autistic voices in the 1st place. I don't know if that's true, but I do find it so very strange that I never once heard this about anything else
I've never heard "No single person is the authority on hyperacusis" or chronic pain or ME or Cerebral Palsy.
This is why I think the phrase was made because autism is still so "political."
It would be silly to think there is one person who's an authority for ANY disability.
Sometimes I see people posting photos from conferences with a bunch of science grad students and professors and I just want to yell "But why aren't you wearing masks?!!"
I didn't realize that ableism and incompetent government and CDC messaging could override people's basic understanding of airborne viruses and their long-term consequences.
I genuinely don't understand how people can just pretend something doesn't exist when they know it absolutely does.
Like if I said "The sky looks green today" everyone I said that to would correct me but if I said "COVID causes long-term harm" they'd be like "uh, no it's fine."