Research summaries for autism therapy: neurotypical (NT)

definition of neurotypical (NT): Term initially coined by the autism community to refer to people who are not on the autism spectrum, and whose brain functions are in a range that most people would consider normal.
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Skill Acquisition in Students with and without Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Summarized Jun 22, 2010

Students with autism benefit from being included in a mainstream physical education class.

Most people believe that having children with autism in a normal classroom does not slow down neurotypical students, but few studies have looked at this issue. The main purpose of this study was to see how seven junior-high school students with autism learned field hockey skills within a normal classroom. The study also looked to see if the fact that the students with autism were in a normal classroom somehow slowed down the other students in the classroom. The authors noted that the students with autism acquired skills more slowly than neurotypical students. Read more...

Concept Mastery Routines to Teach Social Skills to Elementary Children with High Functioning Autism, Summarized Apr 13, 2010

Direct visual approaches to teach social skills may be very helpful for children with autism who are mainstreamed in elementary school.

Students with high functioning autism, in the absence of social skills training, who are placed in the classroom with neurotypical peers may have problems with normal behavior. The purpose of this study was to see if concept mastery routines could be used to enhance the social skills of children with high functioning autism. Concept mastery routines are a type of direct training of social skills that uses a visual method of teaching. The children were also given many chances to practice their social skills with their peers. All four students in this study showed improved social skills after the use of concept mastery routines.

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Representations of Autism: Implications for Community Healthcare Practice, Summarized Dec 11, 2009

People with autism participate in online discussions, and reveal how they think and feel about autism.

This study was designed to try to understand how people with autism, Asperger’s, or other autism spectrum disorders (ASD) view themselves and their autism. The article also discussed the language and wording that was common in the online discussions. The authors said that people in these discussion groups see themselves as a separate group from neurotypical people who don’t have autism. The authors hope that learning how people with autism communicate with each other may help other people communicate with them.

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Peer-Mediated Teaching and Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Preschool-Aged Children with Autism, Summarized Nov 24, 2009

Preschool children with autism may learn social communication skills from typically developing peers in an inclusive classroom.

Children at school may be able to teach their classmates with autism many things Children can use naturalistic teaching for social, communication, or academic skills. In this study, 6 typically developing children were taught how to use naturalistic teaching to help 3 classmates with autism learn to communicate; all the children were 3-5 years old. All 3 children with autism showed improvements in communication behaviors in the classroom and in the lunch room. Over time, only 1 of the 3 children continued to use the skills. The authors think that children as young as 3 years old can help teach their peers in inclusive classrooms.

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Synonyms for neurotypical (NT) include: neuro-typical, neurotypical, NT
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