For those who would take a cure if the was one

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there is a cure its called death

I'd take a cure for boredom's sake. Not because of anything serious. I don't have a serious problem, only few nuisances...
I had a LOT of fill as an aspie, and I could adapt as an aspie. I would only wonder if it's the same when being NT even if people says otherwise.


I don't know. I'm an aspie who don't have the same problems and priorities like most aspies. Even if it's 6 years ago, where my priorities and concerns are the same (social, emotional, sensory, etc..), I'd still wouldn't take the cure because of it. I'd only wish for accommodations instead.

But at this present, I would rather the one who accommodates and not the other way around.
I had escaped the fate of most aspies being stuck as anxious and/or depressed, or ended up with a mask for passing or anything priors that.
I'm rather apathetic with my short comings as an autistic -- annoyance at worst. I'd put allergy rhinitis on the top of my problem list before anything -- that's how "serious" my "problems" are...

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I wouldn't take a cure. I think I'd really struggle to keep my mind clear, being neurotypical. I had a strange phase of asking people "what's in your head right now?" and comparing with what was inside mine in the same situation. People (who felt comfortable opening up) were saying things that looked like a total mess + many emotions + boredom + worrying + being away from the situation in a way. In my head there were usually things like "wow, dahlias!" (and then it comes analysis of colours, shapes, patterns on petals), "oh, beautiful stained glass on the wall!" and all sorts of little images, maybe some mini-films about nearest future, maybe I noticed a sign and I'm thinking about shapes of letters or reading it backwards. Quite often there's simply nothing apart from what's coming inside through my eyes, ears and nose. So if someone asks me "what are you thinking about?" the honest and true reply is often "nothing". People go crazy because they think I'm hiding something! My guess is they rarely experience this kind of inner silence and stillness.

In my head there is none of that "what does he think of me do I look okay is my hair fine oh I can't wait till next Monday I'm kinda hungry God I don't think I impressed them" I told many people (too many) "how can you even function with all that in your head?!". I'd rather have my blank-peaceful sensory head space.
Even my anxiety is different. When they're anxious they often have streams of verbal thoughts that they can't stop (I don't think I could live like that!). When I'm anxious, I can't think or speak much, just my body goes super-anxious and my perception is distorted, but my head is pretty clear. I don't think I've ever had thoughts such as "I'm worthless, I'm useless, what a failure I am, they hate me" even while depressed. No, never and I guess it makes me quite lucky in a way.

I wouldn't take a cure now as it could not give me back the things in life I could have had that I am now too old to have or could only have in a restricted way; it would be pointless.

If I could have a magic box with a button that if pressed would rewrite history as if I had never been autistic ... then yes. My autism cost me almost all the chances of happiness' I could have had and the knock-on historic effects of it are still costing me now.

I would not take a cure.

For me autism is all I've ever known, I don't know what its like to be NT and I just don't have the ability to imagine it. While there are some very bad parts that come with my autism, it affects every aspect of my life and to remove it would radically change everything about me.

I hate probably never being able to be in a proper relationship or have children. I hate being unable to make decisions without outside prompting. I hate being unable to speak my mind in person. I hate being unable to care for myself sometimes. I hate being looked at like I'm some diseased animal just because I'm acting in a way that feels natural for me. But despite all of these things there are a lot of things I love that I think I would miss if I were NT.

That took a dark turn.

If there were an cure that was approved by FDA I would probably take it. It think it would be based on a combination of brain implant and/or gene therapy. A advantage is that it would be easier to form relationship and it would put less strain on my friends and family.

I'd take a cure if there was one tomorrow. I'm tired of not being able of make friends and I feel that the advantages are negligible. I'm rather pessimistic about medication being developed though. I'll probably be quite old by the time major advancements have been made. I'm hoping for oxytocin becoming avaible for people with ASD in the near future, that might help a little.

It's all a game! Science wants us to self-lobotmize or ECT for their pleasure and we don't let them do it because our brains are too valuable for that LOL Tell your doctor you think a frontal self-lobotomy is a good idea and get a laugh! LOL Tell the deli clerk "alright... where's the real meat?" and they always have it hidden somewhere etc... if they're worth a damn as a deli. Today I walked into the butcher room of the local supermarket and said "come on man- can't I get some blood?" and he said "you know I can't allow that..." LOL My cats would go nuts over fresh, warm blood sprinkled on top of their wet food and won't let us have it LOL and it's free etc... it's our job to find a butcher shop that does LOL!

Try finding some super-healthy raw milk from an old farmer at 3 in the morning or raw, unprocessed honey from a supermarket! LOL