NT means "Normal-Type", right?

Neurotypical, as in one not possessing a deviant neurotype.  Anyone with a PPD or abnormally high or low intelligence (or a learning disorder?) is not a Neurotypical.

...PDD.  Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

Aha, thanks, I've never even used such an acronym.

So basically, an NT is the normal type of person that you find spotting us out, being different? NTs are the bunch of people I can get along with but they find me weird in a sense, socially? They're people without AS/Autism.

Also, NT means more than just not autistic, as mentioned, it includes other people who aren't neurologically abnormal (as in, not bipolar, autistic, and such). It's a not-well defined term, and I don't think it's especially valid. I mainly use it for shorthand to describe those who are not put into the "other" category neurologically - that is, I use it as more of a socially defined term.

I didn't think schizophrenics or geniuses would be classified as 'neurotypical'. I've thought about where people like that would fit into the classification scheme here.

Wikipedia definition of neurotypical and neurodiversity.

It's hard to say with schizophrenics. Geniuses, though, can emerge from most any neurotype, and are thus not a neurotype unto themselves.

Also, neurotypes are more useful as a description than a classification.

Well I have Tourette Syndrome-so where do I fit in?
It is also said ,in places,that TS is on the spectrum also,although how true this actually is I dont know.
TS is a neurological disorder,so am I N/T or not? ( I hate all this dividing into groups,NT,Aspies,Auties,Touretters,it only serves to separate us more?
And does it really matter?
I am a human being,same as the rest who grace this planet.

I agree big time - I dislike the whole splitting people up/ categorizing - it can lead to some dehumanization - I have taken to mentioning I am a (supposed NT) as I seem to have had a vaguely "normal" school adn social experience - without any definable diffilculties, though I have never considered myself typical. though on this forum I sometimes feel the need to clarify from what perspective I am coming from - as not everyone may "know" me - or anything about me... hence the use of acronyms on here - more of a conveniece short-hand...

Leave it to outsidelookingin for the great link to wikipedia - great description....

I am admittedly cautious about saying I am "NT" on here.  I do it, but the backlash can occur, as I have already seen.  

I wish I did not have to think about it, honestly.  But I do.  

I think the anger of being treated badly comes through an awful lot.  I only wish that there could be more understanding in this world.  Understanding about AS people, NT people, etc.  All parts of the rainbow, if you will forgive the expression.  

Just because someone is an Aspie does not make them an ***!  Just because someone is an NT does not mean they have No Thoughtfulness (anyone who has a better set of words for NT feel free to throw them in here.)

IMHO - We are all just people, and if you are on here and adding productively to the forum, then we all have similar goals.

The schizophrenia link confuses me - several people in the autistic field local to me have mentioned a link between my father's schizophrenia and my Aspergers. The similarities between us have been pointed out by close family; apparently we're extremely alike... to the point my mother wondered if I was showing the early onset of schizophrenia in my teens.

It's not an acronym, it's an initialism, unless you pronounce "nt" as a single syllable, like the end of "runt" or "hunt" or "hint".  But if you sound out the name of each letter, then it is not an acronym--it is an initialism.

Why are so many people so sadly ignorant of this difference?

It's as bad as people calling their grandchildren "ancestors"--which I come across all the time.

Here's something to ponder:  Within the neurobiological sciences, there is controversy over whether or not a neurotypical individual actually exists.  That is, "neurotypical" may very well be a conveniently fictional conglomeration to which no individual person can validly lay claim.