It's not specific to any particular group, including autism spectrum disorder. In other words, it's not used to describe people who have autism or other developmental differences. A neurotypical person is a person who thinks, perceives and behaves in ways that the general population considers the norm. In addition, institutions such as schools, sports leagues and workplaces are often designed to accommodate people who conform to these standards.
The word “neurotypical” describes someone who thinks and processes information in ways typical of their culture. They tend to learn skills and achieve developmental milestones around the same time as their peers. The word neurotypical (NT) is the opposite of neurodivergent. Neurotypical means to be neurologically typical, within the typical (average) range of human neurology.
The term neurotypical emerged along with the term neurodiverse. Neurotypical describes people who show typical intellectual and cognitive development. Humans are social animals that unite to survive. By forming societies, we have also created ways of teaching our new generations skills such as reading, mathematics and the manifest and subtle forms of interaction between us.
These people acquire physical, verbal, intellectual and social skills, advance at a specific rate, and meet standard accepted developmental milestones. Neurotypical people also show commonly expected physical behaviors, such as being able to easily modulate the volume when speaking depending on the situation, and it is not distressing for them to maintain eye contact.
