Would you take "The pill?"

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I wonder if this is in the top ten most frequently asked questions here.

Answer's still no.

And even if there was a pill I don't know how much is me having aspergers, or ADD, or being smart. I would have to be able to experience having the pill and not

No - I don't want to be like "normal people" I love what autism make me.
Now, If I was normal and there was a pill to "Cure" and make me autistic.. Hell Yeah!

I wonder, would it be easier to cure autism or induce it? I think it would be easier to induce a negative form of autism through brain damage than to cure any autism, but it may be easier to cure some forms of autism than it would be to induce some of the better forms of autism.

I would take "the pill" without hesitation!

I'd only take a targeted pill. Specifically to make me more tollerant of ... (let's see if I can be P.C. here) .... less sophisticated individuals.

Edit: Make that "thoughtless individuals".

I'd gobble them up like tic tacks.

Could I occasionally try the 12-hour pill and see how I like it?

Yes. Some people like to romantically think that ASDs offer some advantages over NTs due to the comforting attempts by most of the ASD information distributors. However, if one looks at it objectively, one sees that an ASD offers virtually no advantages, only a profound disability and inability to live in a human society in an efficient manner.

Well, it's a spectrum.

The way Autism expresses itself in you.... is not necessarily the way it is expressed in everyone else. I find that many Autistics have very little experience with Autism outside their own personal plight. As a result, their Autism becomes the default representation of ASDs.

Make no mistake, there are Autists who have been able to capitalize on certain traits found almost exclusively in those with ASDs.

TheSunAlsoRises

I will respectfully agree to disagree.

Transhuman,

I remember reading one of your posts where you stated that you taught yourself Calculus.... around the age of 14. This is an age when the vast majority of students are being taught Algebra by a trained professional. What you were doing IS rare. Just imagine IF you had a mentor who accepted the way you learned and was able to design an educational program to suit your specific needs.

Dr. Grandin stated on numerous occasions; she assumed everyone thought(using a similar method) like she did. She simply didn't know until the subject came up and she was able to discuss it. Mind you, she knew her brain worked differently BUT she did not know thinking in pictures, as she did, was uncommon.

I think being unaware of what you may have to offer despite the challenges one may face IS going to be one of the biggest issues amongst Autists across the spectrum.



TheSunAlsoRises

I don't think it would be possible, my theory is that we are what were known to our Northern European ancestors as 'Elves', or ancient spirits. It is my belief as a result that most of our troubles are a result of lack of cohesion with our human bodies which would seem like odd vessels for souls that have inhabited a parralel realm for a few thousand years each.

Assuming it were possible I would have to refuse it, i'm only just getting used to being myself without that all being turned upside down and having to start from scratch as an ingnorant NT.

I would definitely take it. I wish someone had developed such a pill 40 years ago.

I am comfortable saying Asperger's-Autism Spectrum is both a difference and a disability.

Yep, so if a pill can just remove the disability side, it would be cool.