X-Men (2009) parallel with aspergers

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In the movie X-Men "The last stand" (2009) they find a cure for their capabilities and approximately 83 minutes into the movie they shout "we don't need any cure". Doesn't take a rocket science to see some parallels.

I think this is a flawed analogy. If someone wanted to "cure" my ability to fly, to rip steel beams in half or to shoot friggin' laser beams out of my eyes, I'd also be reluctant to take my prescription (to say the least). But a cure for autism? I'd take it in a heartbeat.

I mean, what do I have to lose? The power to have shutdowns, meltdowns and panic attacks that make me look and feel like an idiot? My superhuman awkwardness and clumsiness? My amazing ability to be a good-for-nothing social recluse in early retirement? Sensory issues aren't the same as super hearing. Being unable to look people in the eye is not a superpower. I'd love to get rid of all that.

Bryan Singer has confirmed that the movie was supposed to be an analogy for the public perception of homosexuals.

hey man --- i telepathic and use it just like another sense. all aspies are telepathic ---they have just been pounded down so much in life , they dont realize they can use telepathy and some are telekinetic. an amazing memory, abilty to take audio data at 5-6 times normal speed... bunch of extra neurons in my prefrontal cortex and a sweet IQ, and 4 college degrees --------my aspergers has served me quite well......

cure that ?-----WTF ?! ! hell with that !------ i would NEVER take a cure for my aspie abilities ........NTs have way more problems then we do -----they are just not sharp enough to realize it.......

most of their famous traits are dangerous and destructive.

"the world is a s**thole because of NTs , not aspies."

Good memory, can easily focus and memorize all sorts of details, super feet (able to feel oncoming cars through the vibrations in the road I'm crossing), super hearing (able to hear lost outdoor kittens from inside a two story building, and be able to tell silver from steel just by ringing it against a fork. NO JOKE!), and an ability to think in a totally different way and think up solutions to problems others would not otherwise concieve.
Despite all, having Aspergers does have its good points.

Last Stand was 2006.

2009 was Xmen origins Wolverine.

The character "Magneto" clearly sees a parallel between the persecution of "mutants" and the Jews during the holocaust, an event that effected him personally.

It's fair to say many minorities who feel they have been marginalised, might see themselves in the X-men.

I do in enjoy the comparison between AS and the "mutants" because both groups share interesting quirks.

The idea has a lot of real world parallels. People with Asperger's, dyspraxia, ADD, and gay people all may be perfectly happy, but there are still people trying to cure us. If they were to find genes that caused or predisposed people to those conditions, parents would want to make sure their babies didn't have them. Considering the many contributions to society that have come from people with those conditions, it would be foolish to try to cure them. I, for one am happy with my mind, even though it works very differently from other peoples, and I would go so far as to say that I see it as an advantage at least as much as it is a hindrance.

I myself do not wish to be "cured".