I came across this site today, and it struck my as applicable to some recent friction between certain members of this list.<br><br>- Jef<br><don't look at me that way, I'm certainly not neurotypical><br><span class="gmail_quote">
<br><br></span><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical</a><br><br>
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<font color="#808080" size="-2"></font><h2><a name="113e5d527f121cc7_113e5d3648b6e8ba_what"></a>What Is NT?</h2>
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<span id="st" name="st" class="">Neurotypical</span> syndrome is a neurobiological disorder characterized by preoccupation with social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsession with conformity.</p>
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<span id="st" name="st" class="">Neurotypical</span> individuals often assume that their experience of the world is either the only one, or the only correct one. NTs find it difficult to be alone. NTs are often intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others. When in groups NTs are socially and behaviorally rigid, and frequently insist upon the performance of dysfunctional, destructive, and even impossible rituals as a way of maintaining group identity. NTs find it difficult to communicate directly, and have a much higher incidence of lying as compared to persons on the autistic spectrum.
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NT is believed to be genetic in origin. Autopsies have shown the brain of the <span id="st" name="st" class="">neurotypical</span> is typically smaller than that of an autistic individual and may have overdeveloped areas related to social behavior.
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<li><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Normal Disorders: 666.00 Neurotypic Disorder</strong>
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<h2><a name="113e5d527f121cc7_113e5d3648b6e8ba_freq">How Common Is It?</a></h2>
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Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10,000 individuals may be <span id="st" name="st" class="">neurotypical</span>.</p>
<h2><a name="113e5d527f121cc7_113e5d3648b6e8ba_treat">Are There Any Treatments For NT?</a></h2>
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There is no known cure for <span id="st" name="st" class="">Neurotypical</span> Syndrome.</p>
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However, <a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/help.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">many NTs have learned to compensate for their disabilities</a> and interact normally with autistic persons.
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<h2>Could I be NT?</h2>
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Take the <strong><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/ntscreening.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Online NT Screening Test.</a></strong></p>
<h2><a name="113e5d527f121cc7_113e5d3648b6e8ba_case">Papers and Abstracts</a></h2>
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<dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/socialdelusion.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>The Theory of Social Delusion</strong></a>
</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/ntskills.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>NT Social Skills Deficiencies: A Case Study</strong></a>
</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/salanne.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>The Sal and Anne Test: Implications, and
Theory of Mind</strong></a>
</dt><dd><font size="-1">Riviera N. The Sal and Annie Test: Implications, and Theory of Mind.
Journal of Neurologic Obfuscation. 1998(8):302-987</font></dd>
<dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/perkons/pheromone.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>Pheromone of Social Delusion: Theory, Discovery and Primary Test Results.</strong>
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</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn-staff.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>DSN entry for Staff Personality Disorder</strong></a> (added 30 Aug 2004)</dt>
<dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn-npd.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>DSN entry for Normal Personality Disorder</strong></a>
</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/psaddiag.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>DSN entry for Pseudosimultaneous Awareness Disorder</strong></a>
</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn-psy.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>DSN entry for Psychiatry Disorder</strong></a>
</dt><dt><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/theory_of_mind.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><strong>NT Theory of Mind</strong></a>
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<p><b><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/#what" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>What is NT?</strong></font></a></b>
</p><p><b><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/#freq" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>How Common Is It?</strong></font></a></b>
</p><p><b><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/#treat" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Are There Any Treatments For NT?</strong></font></a></b>
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<a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/ntscreening.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Online NT Screening Test</strong></font></a></p>
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</p><p><b><a href="http://isnt.autistics.org/help.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>What You Can Do If Someone You Know is NT</strong></font></a></b>
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