Any predictions for when there will be a cure for aspergers?

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Better social skills would be nice, I admit. But guess what? Believe it or not, for people on the higher end of the autism spectrum, those can usually be learned with training and practice, without having to actually alter a person's entire brain chemistry. And I think that trope about Aspies lacking empathy is inaccurate-- I think we all have the capacity for it, but we just don't always know how to articulate it.

Whenever anybody wonders how I could possibly feel so at peace with being an Aspie, or how I could ever conceivably see it as a gift rather than a curse, I talk about my artwork, and my writing, and how I see beauty in banal things all around me that others take for granted. I realize that not all Aspies are artistically inclined, but that's not really my point. The point is, as much as humanity proclaims the wonders of conformity and similarity, if we were all the same, our society would be in so much more trouble than we already are. It's practically a Darwinian cardinal rule-- diversity is desirable to enable a species to flourish. Our world needs people with creativity and logic and mathematical abilities and lateral thinking skills and intense interests. More often than not, there is some sort of idiosyncratic compensation for that social isolation we feel-- something at which we excel over the norm, whether we realize it or not. Those eccentric "obsessions" we usually have can very often be channeled toward very productive ends, if only they are nurtured rather than discouraged.

I won't lie-- sometimes I get terribly lonely, and I wish my ability to socialize came with less expenditure of energy. But as I already said, it's something that can be smoothed down with practice-- and I wouldn't dream of sacrificing my weirdness just for the sake of being one of the herd. My weirdness is what gives me my strength. And as for love and acceptance, well-- I realize it can be difficult depending on one's circumstances, but I think the key is finding people who love and accept in spite of and because of the weirdness. They do exist, trust me.

My prediction is that the first 'cure' we'll see is early pre-natal detection followed by abortion.

So tell me why do some of you apsies like being socially ridiculed and helpless to do anything about it?

I'm not sure if I want a cure. Well, apart from a cure for the hypersensitivity stuff.

honestly I find alcohol seems to help with some of my hypersensitivity, maybe that's why I like to drink at concerts......because it makes it easier to listen to the loud music. But yeah I either am actually less sensative with alcohol or I just don't care/notice as much not sure which.

Interesting. Can't say I've found it helps.

When you can go to a neuro-surgeon and order a new personality of your choice based upon he/she cutting into your brain, then we will have a "cure"

The alternative is drugs that gives you a certain personality based upon heavy altering the balance of hormones and neuro-chemicals.

If this technology becomes available it will be a dream come true for any controlling government or agency. Let's hope it does not.

Autism has, not Asperger's. Unless the 90s were a really long time ago and I'm older than I think I am.

I will say though that the current research has found an over packing of cells (like a traffic jam) in a part of the brain (I think prefrontal cortex) may be a cause of autism and a new pill they are creating may unblock that motorway and diminish autistic symptoms.
I'm supposed to be researching this but haven't so I don't have all the details.

Also, the focus is on autism with real disabilities, not the higher functioning form. And I don't care if people with such a form of autism don't want to be cured. I'm just stating the facts.

And as I'm writing a book to get people to understand what it's like to have autism, whilst entertaining them with an on the edge of your seat sci-fi saga, I think I'll delay being cured.

And ADHD meds are not that reliable. You don't just take it and you no longer have ADHD issues. You have a few more chemicals for motivation and focus - but you must decide what you will focus on. However, they do make me more bearable to be around.