Neurotypical

Just because you aren't neurotypical, doesn't mean you get a pass on politeness.

Ana called me neurotypical. What does that mean?

It's often hard for neurotypical people to understand what neuroatypical people go through on a daily basis.

The double empathy problem is described as a reciprocal failure to empathize with one another on the part of neurotypical and autistic people, who have completely different ways of communicating and of thinking about the world.

The double empathy problem contrasts with the classic view that autistic people are lacking in empathy and must make up for this, instead placing shared responsibility on both neurotypical and autistic people to try to understand one another's perspectives.

Tom is neurotypical.

Nancy, a high school student, saw herself as being helpful when she told Maureen, a neurotypical peer, that the horizontal lines on her shirt made her look fat.

If our definition of empathy were to require we take the human cognitive norm (overwhelmingly influenced by neurotypical cognition) as the absolute standard by which to measure empathy, then indeed we would have to conclude autistics do not instinctively possess a good sense of empathy.

Well, let's face it, neurotypicals don't have the same focus you or I have. They always get distracted, by marriage, kids, competitive cooking shows.