If you had a button that made you NT, would you press it?

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No, because Not only is autism challenging but it also has it's benefits, Ex. Autistic tend to have higher IQs. Plus, then I wouldn't be a piplup fanboy I might be a Oshawott Fanboy. EzraS: Is it because, of the Challanges of Being Atypical or, so You'd be normal?

No; in fact, I would burn it. I'm not ashamed of my autism; I'm ashamed of society's attitude toward autism.

No, because having AS is a part of who I am.

I would, since I have the controversial biomedical view on autism. For me my autistic traits actually mask my real personality. I've had moments when I felt very NT. It made me extremely happy. I could truly be me and enjoy interacting with people. My autistic traits are not a part of me. What is a part of me is my past experiences and the way my brain has adapted to my autistic traits. That won't be taken away from me.

I was a very bad student and precisely because I'm not NT. I have autonomy problems too. I know that what I have has advantages, but to be honest, it feels more like a curse than a gift. Becoming NT would mean a higher chance to have better grades at university if I work hard enough,to have a nice and interesting job, and to not have people around me calling me ret*d or insane, so I'd definitely want to press the button. I'd hope I'd keep the same interests in life and very strong emotions though.

That's the problem though, it's all a packaged deal.

In a wonderful world with magical buttons, I have the right to want all the good and none of the bad

This reminds me of a question
If you had OCD and could press an O button would you?

I would press it 3,7 or other did number of time.

Signature of the moment.
I prefer the CDO order.

Only magic button I want right now is one to get rid of this damned cold. I hate coughing, it's so distracting...

Seriously though, the only barrier I care about in my personality is my anxiety. And I don't believe that was directly caused by ASD, but rather through the treatment and experience I got for being seen as different.

Sure, the ability to focus on things other than my special interests is tempting, but then would those same interests offer the same satisfaction? Probably not. But I've gotten to a stage now where I don't care what people think of me. And I don't care about the communication difficulties, because I'm not particularly interested in communicating in any deeper level than I am currently able. I'm not interested in a social life and a social existence - I'm happy with the friends I have.

Also, from pure statistical observation, it seems to be mostly females who are more in the "I'll press it camp". I don't know what that entails, but that does appear to be the general trend going by replies to this thread.

A switch would be ideal!

Otherwise, at my age, definitely not, and I would absolutely hate having to start all over again.

Hell yes I would! I would love to be an NT, and not have the problems that come with Asperger's-being thought of as weird, being thought of as a loser because the opposite sex didn't find me attractive for most of my life, the depression and anxiety that comes with it, the excessive ruminations, I would get rid of that stuff in a heartbeat.

I don't mean to sound negative, but I find very few positives to Aspergers. About the only one I can see in myself is that I am pretty good at sticking on a diet, because of the need for routine.

I don't really get questions like that because I can't really imagine what it'd be like to be "NT", what person I'd be like and what my friends would think of that person etc. Of course it's easy to think that all my issues would go away if I wasn't somewhere on the spectrum but I have no idea what problems i'd have then xD

That I would be normal, ordinary, average, typical. Just a regular person with ordinary neurology.

There are PLENTY of NT people that ruminate excessively most people that have depression and anxiety are not AS.
There are lots of NT guys that no one wants to date ... so.... like if AS is just taking away your stimming/social difficulties/hyper focus & sensitivity then the other stuff you mention would still remain theoretically because they are not necessarily related to autism, autism is not a prereq. for those things you mentioned. (maybe the weirdness but again you can be NT and weird too- especially if you aren't seen as a part of the majority).

I would prefer a button to make the people in my family less asshole-ish. Can I have that button?

I would prefer a button that made other people kinder and more empathetic to the experiences of others.

I would prefer a button that made people accepting of autism and autistic people instead of changing me.
If I change me I change my insular world if I magically changed everyone else's myopic opinions of what it means to interact with others.

Yes, there are NTs that probably no one wants to date, but the stats show that it is a much more common problem for Aspies than non-Aspies. Social problems are one of the diagnostic criteria for Autism. Yes, being an NT wouldn't have guaranteed that those things wouldn't have happened to me, but it would greatly lessen the odds of them.