If you could be "cured" of AS...

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no i wouldnt want to be cured because its the only thing that keeps my bipolar tendencies at bay i would probably be dead or in jail by now

i figured out another reson not to eliminate aspergers

ok, i will try to have this make as much sense as possible

If i did not have aspergers, I would have done a lot of stupid things. it was mostly because of my guilt and anxiety problems that i did not do drugs or any other stupid stuff i was asked to do.

I overhear a lot of interesting conversations(senses are a curse and a blessing)

I respect for people with other types of physical and mental differences that many non-aspies do not show

I am not worried about a cure, i don't think it is possible. even if it is possible i am able to defend myself against it

Being an Aspie is being me. I just cannot seperate them and throw that part away like it never happened. It made me de person I am today. And though that is not much, I had to overcome a lot of adversity, to come where I am today and that makes me proud. Being an Aspie gave a lot of good things. I made friends all over the world. I am able to have wonderful conversations with people who have a great, though slightly weird, sense of humour. I possess talents which come naturel to me. I enjoy being challenged, intellectually. I am able to read, learn and comprehend complex issues.

Sure, being an Aspie has many downsides, but I would not trade it for any kind of cure. It would change the person I am, my character, personality, nature, soul, heart, mind... for what? For being the same as anyone else? That is living in a rainbow wishing to be beige.

Does society look at me as weird, eccentric, ret*d, maladjusted, stupid, an idiot, a fool, a loser, a freak... yes, the majority in society does think that. Who wants to think like them? I am an individual with many talents... we all are, one way or another, unique. To deny what you are really makes you, what society thinks of you. No, I would not take the cure for Asperger Syndrom.

I believe that to be true what one member calls herself on this site, kiss my AS! What I think is an ingenious synopsis of how we ought to think about Asperger Syndrom and the majority in society.

There are days when I'd jump at the oportunity of a temporary suppressant type thing, but I wouldn't take a permanent cure. 90% of the time I'm fine, it's just the other 10% is usually the worst possible time.

NO, I would not.

I'm not the one who needs to be "cured", it's the screaming, raving, mindlessly chattering horde of ret*d pack-apes around me that need to be cured. NT's are broken Aspies!

As far as I am concerned, it's the mental equivalent of doing this (link to "Catman") to one's self... a mutilation to make one's mind look sub-human.



The only repairs I'm going to be looking at will be to the damage caused by trying to live with NT's by their insane rules my entire life, and those strictly on my own (perhaps at most with a little help from Aspies), thank you.

You've coinvinced me. I like being neuroatypicial.