While DD is completely NT as far as we can tell, we often hear "I've never seen/had a student/pupil/child like her" and we've come to accept that what they MEAN by this is simply her high cognitive ability. That's what they indicate when they discuss it further with us, anyway. The other part of the time, people will talk about having encountered "one" or "a couple" of people like her-- in a career/lifetime.
Your daughter certainly sounds like the kind of counter-example I'm looking for.
Actually, it's possible our DD5 is one as well and I haven't yet realized her full potential. She's clearly very bright and has intense interest in people and history -- connecting emotionally with the plights of people across time.
Her passion seems 'normal' to me because she's interested in people. If she were as passionate about numbers or the way machines work, it would stand out as very unusual.
On the whole, she seems neurotypical, although she has bursts of intensity and occasionally complains that she has trouble controlling her impulses, despite being quite good at it for a child of five.
