Wednesday, November 26

NT- Neuro Typical means??!!

I was reading today online about what NT means... I thought it interesting to find what some AS peoples were saying: Quoted from Discussion Boards on Wrongplanet.com ; about what NT really is: "neuro typical is to have a typical neuronal environment in the brain. there are few people who are not neurotypical. . . even schizophrenics are NT's. bipolar people are NT. antisocial personality people are NT. autism is an "organic" situation rather than a "functional" one. functional illnesses are illness like schizophrenia where a person is predisposed, and an environmental trigger is the catalyst. organic ones are where there is actual structural changes in the brain that account for the condition. alzheimers disease is organic, paresis is organic. autism is organic. it is not functional which means it is not dependent on environment or nurture. so NT's have otherwise normal brains and they can have a range of psycopathy's and psychoses. autistic brains are (i am sorry to say) mildy damaged and so autistics are not typical in "normal neuronal discourse". Agree? or not?

3 comments:

Amber DBTD said...

I don't like the comment about autistic brains being mildly damaged... I think that my little guy's brain is wired differently, I do not view it as damage, so much as different.

Based on that theory, one could argue that any type of psychiatric condition, neurologic disorder, mood disorder..etc was due to brain damage, despite there being no symptoms of damage on MRI/CT scans.

Amber DBTD said...

Oh, and the other comment about autism not responding to nature/nurture (I may have misinterpreted, don't mind me!)... Autism/aspergers often DO respond to nurture. What is Speech/Occupational therapy, if not nurture that is affecting the way these kids learn and develop?

Paper on Steroids said...

Thanks for posting your comments Amber DBTD... I don't necessarily view it as "damage" either. I view it as a difference to, unfortunately, has to be learned to deal with... kwim?