Join us on Wednesday, April 25 at 8 p.m. in McEwen 011 to view this film that challenges the perceptions of normality and what qualifies a person as disabled.
Neurotypical is a documentary that tells the stories of a child, teenager and adult with autism from their perspectives as they experience important life events. For more information visit www.neuro-typical.com or email accessibility.elon@gmail.com.
Cosponsored by Disability Services, Accessibility@Elon, Pi Kappa Phi, and Best Buddies.
What does “neurotypical” mean?
Neurotypical syndrome is a neurobiological disorder characterized by preoccupation with social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsession with conformity. Neurotypical 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 and are often intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others. When in groups NTs are socially and behaviorally rigid, and frequently insist on 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.
What is the cause?
NT is believed to be genetic in origin. Autopsies have shown the brain of the neurotypical to be typically smaller than that of an autistic individual and to have overdeveloped areas related to social behavior.
How common is it?
Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10,000 individuals might be neurotypical.
Is there any treatment for NT?
There is no known cure for Neurotypical syndrome, however, many NTs have learned to compensate for their disabilities and interact normally with autistic persons.
-information from the Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical (http://isnt.autistics.org/)