[iamanders]

PAX!
You can get an Asperger diagnosis (well, maybe not in the USA) or an Autism diagnosis but I've never even heard of a Neurotypical diagnosis.

An example (that will never happen):
John has been meeting with psychiatrists and psychologist for some time and now they will give their final statement/report about his diagnosis. So they tell him that they think he's a bit odd and will diagnose him with NT....
This will obviously never happen!

If there can be AS and Autism diagnoses why not also have an NT diagnosis?

[rosska]

I see what you're getting at, but of course it makes sense that people don't get diagnosed as NT.
NT means Neuro Typical and generally speaking you don't diagnose typical behaviour, because it's typical. Diagnosis comes for things that are not typical behaviour. Essentially diagnosing somebody as NT would be like diagnosing somebody as being healthy, it wouldn't make much sense.

Being that we are not the 'typical' mind set, we're the one's who get diagnosed as being so.

Think of it in another context, for example cars. If you take your car to the garage and they find that it is functioning the way it is supposed to, they wouldn't say "Well we've found the problem, it's working as intended". They would simply say "There's nothing wrong with it".

[iamanders]

Originally Posted by rosska

Essentially diagnosing somebody as NT would be like diagnosing somebody as being healthy, it wouldn't make much sense.

NT is not a disorder, Neither is AS.
If you can't diagnose someone with NT due to the fact that they are healthy then you can't diagnose someone with AS.
I am still happy to have my diagnosis.

[Hellion]

Originally Posted by iamanders

PAX!
You can get an Asperger diagnosis (well, maybe not in the USA) or an Autism diagnosis but I've never even heard of a Neurotypical diagnosis.

An example (that will never happen):
John has been meeting with psychiatrists and psychologist for some time and now they will give their final statement/report about his diagnosis. So they tell him that they think he's a bit odd and will diagnose him with NT....
This will obviously never happen!

If there can be AS and Autism diagnoses why not also have an NT diagnosis?

Because having typical neurology is hardly a condition that interferes with ones life...autism on the other hand sort of is. That would be like diagnosing people who don't have a mental illness as non-mentally ill which would be pointless.

[rosska]

Originally Posted by iamanders

NT is not a disorder, Neither is AS.
If you can't diagnose someone with NT due to the fact that they are healthy then you can't diagnose someone with AS.
I am still happy to have my diagnosis.

I think you've missed my point. Also, I never said it was a disorder, however Aspergers is classed as a syndrome, hence the S in AS.
You can diagnose somebody with AS, because we have atypical neurology, which means it's not the typical neurology that the majority of the population have. You can't diagnose somebody for being the same as the majority of the Human population, that wouldn't make any sense at all.

Since my car analogy didn't work, how about something more Human? Take a transgender person for example, they are diagnosed as having a gender identity disorder because their own feeling of self identity is different to their outward appearance. Though there is no diagnosis for people who are not transgender because that's the typical presentation of our species.

And before you comment on GID being a 'disorder', many things that are diagnosable are not disorders, it doesn't make them any less diagnosable.

[iamanders]

well, your answer is an interesting one...
but I don't think we should talk about gender identity disorder (I, personaly, see it as a disorder) when we talk about autism spectrum conditions/disorders.

[rosska]

Originally Posted by iamanders

well, your answer is an interesting one...
but I don't think we should talk about gender identity disorder (I, personaly, see it as a disorder) when we talk about autism spectrum conditions/disorders.

I was using it to make a point. People don't get 'diagnosed' for being the typical average presentation of a Human being. They get diagnosed for not being the typical average presentation of a Human being.

[Douglas MacNeill]

Originally Posted by iamanders

PAX!
You can get an Asperger diagnosis (well, maybe not in the USA) or an Autism diagnosis but I've never even heard of a Neurotypical diagnosis.

An example (that will never happen):
John has been meeting with psychiatrists and psychologist for some time and now they will give their final statement/report about his diagnosis. So they tell him that they think he's a bit odd and will diagnose him with NT....
This will obviously never happen!

If there can be AS and Autism diagnoses why not also have an NT diagnosis?

"Neurological Typicality" and being "Neurologically Typical" (NT) are
catchphrases used by persons with autism spectrum disorders (including
Asperger's syndrome at the high-functioning end) intended to satirize the
procedures and habits of thought associated with using the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual series of publications on mental disorder.

Here's a link to how the term entered our language.

[-jimi-]

In a world with mostly aspies, the NT would actually need a diagnosis. Although then aspies would be the norm and not have a diagnosis. The NT would no longer be neurotypical being in minority. The NT disorder would probably be called hypersocial disorder. Aspies would have to help them and offer support as they would suffer because their ill met hypersocial needs. Also the hypersocial probably would be seen as shallow in speech (talk just to talk, no real content) and a tendency not to take tasks seriously and not doing them to perfection. Also I am pretty sure that the hypersocial would have to have extra help in school, because they would be slow learners in some subjects.

[rosska]

Originally Posted by jimi...

In a world with mostly aspies, the NT would actually need a diagnosis. Although then aspies would be the norm and not have a diagnosis. The NT would no longer be neurotypical being in minority. The NT disorder would probably be called hypersocial disorder. Aspies would have to help them and offer support as they would suffer because their ill met hypersocial needs. Also the hypersocial probably would be seen as shallow in speech (talk just to talk, no real content) and a tendency not to take tasks seriously and not doing them to perfection. Also I am pretty sure that the hypersocial would have to have extra help in school, because they would be slow learners in some subjects.

Hahaha, what a world it would be.