Um, what's an NT geek?

You know, I totally meant to type NON-NT. Geez. Anyway, NT is "neurotypical" (a term coined by people in the autism community to refer to people who aren't on the autism spectrum; I've seen it used a lot, though, used by people with AD/HD to refer to people without AD/HD).

Anyway, I meant to refer to Sheldon as non-NT. Although the show has deliberately avoided saying that Sheldon has Asperger's, he certainly displays a lot of those traits.

And geek because, well, he's a geek.

Thank you. I am clearly Behind The Times.

Well, I read a Yahoo group for spouses/partners/etc. of people with AD/HD, and that's where I first encountered the term. I'm not sure how widely known/used it really is.

I'm familiar with it but I wouldn't call it common parlance.

I've mostly seen it in discussions of autism and Aspergers.

I've mostly seen it in discussions of autism and Aspergers.

And that's probably where it's most commonly used; I'm just more familiar with the AD/HD community.

Interesting. I'm not saying that I'm using it correctly, but I tend to think of non-NT as not requiring a diagnosis, just someone whose brain appears to work noticeably differently than I'd expect. I think of it as equivalent to "neuro-diverse" (which I prefer, since it's positively stated). Am I conflating two different things?

I tend to think of non-NT as not requiring a diagnosis

I don't think it does; I think it's a term that people apply to themselves (or others).

Am I conflating two different things?

I don't think so.

Cool. It's nice when I don't have to re-organize my lexicon.

I think of the term as a short-hand roughly equivalent (though probably more broad-reaching)to cis.