neurotipicality

“Neurotypical” is a newer term that’s used to describe individuals of typical developmental, intellectual, and cognitive abilities.

Other behavioral differences, while not a result of a developmental or intellectual disorder, can be marginalizing. For example, LGBT individuals may find themselves on the outside of many social groups without having any neurological challenges to cope with. The same is true of members of certain religious groups.

It is, of course, possible to have no diagnosed developmental or intellectual disorders, and thus be definable as neurotypical. But there are significant differences between "normal" and "not diagnosed." In addition, there is no stable, universally understood concept of "normal."

In fact, "normal" perceptions and behaviors vary radically depending on culture, gender, situation, socioeconomic level, and many other factors. In some cultures, for example, direct eye contact is expected; in others, it's considered rude. In some cultures, physical contact with relative strangers is considered normal while in others it's considered odd and off-putting.

"Critiques of the Neurodiversity Movement", a 2020 review, argued two basic observations:

- Many people who do not have an autism diagnosis have autistic traits. This was known by researchers as the "broad autism phenotype". So, there was no clear bimodal distribution separating people with and without autism. In reality, there were not two distinct populations, one "neurotypical" and one "neurodivergent".

- "Neurotypical" was a dubious construct because there was nobody who could be considered truly neurotypical. There was no such standard for the human brain.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191008-why-the-normal-brain-is-just-a-myth

This practice was more-than-bullshit