ImAnAspie wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
^ Do you think being cured of autism would change someone at their core?
First of all, THERE IS NO CURE to be sought! We are not sick. WE'RE JUST DIFFERENT! That's IT!
Secondly, just because our brains are wired differently to those who are "NeuroTYPICAL" doesn't make us defective or any less. Just different. In many ways BETTER, in some ways... not so good! But who values socialisation anyway?!
I would like to be able to go to a shopping centre or other public place and not feel as though I'm being swallowed up by mount doom.
I'd like to be able to speak to people without experiencing crippling anxiety to the point of going mute.
I'd like to not cry because I feel so overwhelmed all the damn time.
I'd like to not be terrified of people.
I would like to be able to socialise with people I like (and who like me) without zoning out and having a day's downtime afterwards to recover.
I'd like to be able to get close to people.
I'd like to not have shaky, weepy meltdowns.
I'd like to be able to take care of myself without going into a panic.
I'd like to not have people laugh at me and call me creepy or weird.
I'm sick of hearing the "just wired differently" analogy.
That makes no sense.
If someone rewires a computer so that the wires go into different sockets, are you going to tell me when it doesn't work properly, "it's ok, it's just wired differently. There's nothing actually wrong with it"???
No, you're going to fix the damn thing.
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