if there was a cure......would you take it?

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Hmm... I don't think so. As much as I would sometimes like to, I don't think I would be the same person without AS.

I have no desire to get rid of my quirks and just sink into the masses. There are some thing I would like, but at what cost?

This. I would like to see what it's like being an NT for maybe a week or so, but I definitely wouldn't want to be one permanently. I really like the things my AS gave me, like my awesome visual memory and special interests, not to mention the fact that interacting with others holds virtually no interest for me, so I have no reason to be good at it. The one thing about being an NT that might be nice is the recognition of when others are getting bored or annoyed with my conversation topics, since I miss that a lot.

Naw I wouldnt take the cure its what makes me unique and a freak at the same time!

Not at all.

Why would I? Sure people think I'm an odd guy which means that I'm socially ret*d and that I don't fit in groups but you know what? I give these people the middle finger, I don't even need to talk to them to notice that they are all alike in the head. NTs have been despising me since I was born and it probably won't change since I'm known as the "Silent, Polite, Shy Guy". Sometimes I'd rather commit suicide than go outside and see people but to me Asperger's is like a gift, I have the HUGE chance to think by myself (which is probably why my stupid country wants autism to be cured even though it is impossible) and partly live in my own world that protects me from humanity. I could explain more but I don't feel like it at the moment.

I guess I would if I was also given the chance to live my life again. Oy! The mistakes I made!

Depends on what it "cured."

Nope, I wouldn't even consider taking any so-called "cure". I look at NT society and general behaviour compared to that of the other Aspies I know, and, well ... I don't like what I see. Far too much importance is put on conformity, which I think, is the root of many of the problems we face today.

If there was a cure would I take it:

No, I am proud of who I am. Earlier in life I may have said yes. But I can't change my past, only try to learn from my mistakes and move on with the rest of my life.

I do agree that conformity can be the root of all evil, like money. There is so much competition and high expectations, and if you don't follow this certain trend then you will be ridiculed, not only by some people you know, but more so by strangers in the street. It's as though people are actually interfering, when they should actually butt out and not judge a book by it's cover. People say NTs have all this empathy, but quite sadly the general public actually fail to put themselves into someone's shoes and just choose to judge them instead, making a person feel worthless and ridiculed just because they're not quite meet the pathetic standards everyone are ''supposed'' to have. I am quite appauled by society these days.

But, that doesn't make me want to be NT any less. I suppose all this conformity crap that people center their lives around is OK when you have a brain that's naturally wired this way and so you're just naturally caught up in it too. It's better than being on the outside looking in, feeling rejected and left out. Or at least, if you try to fit in, you have to work so hard at it. If I had my way, I would just be happy having straggly hair down to my breasts, with the front just tucked behind my ears all day, and wearing no make-up, except when I felt like it. I know I can still do that, but I used to just be a plain-Jane and I began to feel unconfident and depressed, and everyone was telling me that getting my hair styled and wearing a bit of make-up would make a difference, and yes it has a little. But it's keeping it up that's an issue for me, since I suffer with executive dysfunction, and I'd much rather have an extra hour in bed rather than having to get up earlier just to sit in front of the mirror carefully applying make-up all over my face and styling all my hair. I have my hair styled to an extent where it looks nice enough, but not ''over the top'' and not too much to maintain. And I just wear lipstick, and I should invest in some foundation too, since my face always looks pale and loads of spots under the skin show up in the sunlight. I think putting on a bit of foundation would put a bit of colour to my face, but it's getting myself into the habit of it that is sometimes the problem.

God, I hate having AS!

If I was cured I would be a mindless zombie!

That's pretty much what I think too.

No. I was a mindless zombie from excessive sleep loss. My parents were actually embarrassed for me when I was in public in that state.

I've been a mindless zombie. Not even NTs qualify as mindless zombies.

I would take it because then I would get to pursue my career in SLP as a graduate student.
I feel depressed having no career and knowing I'll never get to do what I dreamed of doing
because I'm autistic and here autistics aren't allowed to do that. Here being the US.....oh
and I'd have my child take it too so he could talk and someday live independently...which he may
never get to do.

I grew up in the era when mind altering substences were taken for recreation.

So Im rather comfortable with the idea of taking a pill to temporarily travel mentally.

So a pill that would make a neurotypical into a temporary aspie for four hours, or another pill that caused an aspie to be NT for four hours- would be kinda cool.

A pill that permanently cured one?
Ill have to get back to you about that.