If You Could Cure Your Autism Would You?

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22 Jan 2018, 12:52 pm

Speaking of level 3 autism, how do you cure it? Go into the womb and influence fetal development? Because even neurons themselves have different shape in autistic and neurotypical brains.

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22 Jan 2018, 4:41 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

A good idea if posting a tongue and cheek remarks is to do this
NT’s are dumb(sarcasm). Or put an emoji that convays you are not being serious.

You are absolutely correct. Thank you for pointing that out.

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22 Jan 2018, 4:42 pm

blazingstar wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

A good idea if posting a tongue and cheek remarks is to do this
NT’s are dumb(sarcasm). Or put an emoji that convays you are not being serious.

You are absolutely correct. Thank you for pointing that out.

You are welcome

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22 Jan 2018, 5:29 pm

smudgedhorizon wrote:

Speaking of level 3 autism, how do you cure it? Go into the womb and influence fetal development? Because even neurons themselves have different shape in autistic and neurotypical brains.

Of course - the whole thread is an exercise in ‘what if’— not a scientific venture.

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22 Jan 2018, 5:32 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

blooiejagwa wrote:

We are not talking level 3 autism though are we?

For that I would especially love a cure OR better more effective therapies (+ easily accessible) and WAY more support from society. My son is facing a lifetime of extreme hardship because of how severe his autism is.

EzraS here gives me hope because he comes off as intellectual, fun, and wise. I don’t sense despair and depression from his writing, at all, yet he too is non-verbal and faced a battle, since birth. And now therapies are supposedly improved, so who knows.

Either way severely affected and also extremely delayed (like my son) Autistic kids need a loving understanding world and a brighter future and if for that a cure is the answer Then that’s what I want.

This post is a going down an ableist slippery slope. We assume severe autistics are misreable because of their autism based on our experiences. The issue is we (and that includes level 1) really do not know. Instead of spending time and money on cures I would rather spend it on finding a way to commuicate with them and they with us. We take that approach with people with hearing and vision impairments.

Where my child currently is at, he IS miserable. As his mother I see him hurt when he sees other kids playing and gets yelled at for ‘flopping’ onto them. I see how sad he gets in various situations that are exacerbated solely by the autism and society’s reaction to them.

I see him try to make friends and frighten them instead.

I see his frustration at not being understood.

If I was to be politically correct and not share honest experiences and thoughts— I would not have joined this community.

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23 Jan 2018, 1:08 am

blazingstar wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

livingwithautism wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

I wouldn't want a cure. I like who I am today and I couldn't have gotten here, without going through the other stuff. I would not want to be part of a mindless crowd watching TV and drinking themselves silly at parties, and mindlessly chattering while shopping. No, thank you. I think I will stay the way I am.

Life's a journey.

Not every NT does that. I'm sick of all the NT bashing on here. They are people too. Curing your autism would not make you part of a mindless crowd watching TV and drinking themselves silly at parties, and mindlessly chattering while shopping. If that's what you think of NTs you are grossly misinformed and are rather mindless yourself, buying into Aspie elitism.

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I think the problem is for various and understandable reasons aspies do not meet enough NT’s and when they do it often does not go well.
One advantage of growing up undiagnosed and unaware was that I was forced to interact with NT people.

I apologize to anyone I offended. The remark was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek, especially considering how many aspies feel lonely and left out. Of course not all NTs are like that, just like people everywhere are different. Many of the things we feel "left out" of, aren't things we would really like anyway.

Relax blazingstar you have a right to express your opinion and to not apologize to anyone especially ones like ASPartOfMe who constantly feel the need to throw their weight around and to bully other Autistics in a forum designed for Autistics. Ones like him/her haven't been negatively affected enough by NTs to comment effectively and want to appear charitable or something and they have it all twisted around.

Support should always remain for other Autistics not NTs and that's what these forums were designed for so please don't apologize for expressing your opinion here. ASPartOfMe loves to be a bully and he's no better than the NTs that we disapprove of. Pease disregard his disgusting attitude. It really doesn't belong in these forums.

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13 May 2018, 7:30 pm

Hell no, I would never cure my autism! I'm proud to be autistic and I don't see it as a disease. In fact, it gives me a lot of strengths.

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