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31 Dec 2008, 11:34 am

yeah I'd pay that much to get rid of it.


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31 Dec 2008, 9:02 pm

HELL YEAH!! ! :twisted:


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31 Dec 2008, 9:15 pm

Wait, what are we curing again? Cancer? AIDS? Stupidity? Are we all sick or something? I'm not sick.


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31 Dec 2008, 9:47 pm

you mean would i sell who i am for a million bucks?

nah.



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01 Jan 2009, 9:41 am

Nope, I'd be too scared of what it would do to me. I don't want to change who I am. I like my Aspie-self, even if other people don't always like me for it.



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01 Jan 2009, 9:57 am

MyWorld wrote:
I'm rather curious.


no. i would not accept $1 million to be "cured".

if i got a cure now after 36years, then i would be back at square one.
i would not be any more advanced than an NT baby and i would surely suffer.

so i am stuck with finishing my life on the road i have been on all my life.

that is comfy to me because it is stable.

there can be no "cure" for a genetic disorder. unless you wish to "ctrl-alt-del" and see them reborn which is impossible.

i have come so far along my lonely road, that i am an expert on how to steer myself through it. if i was suddenly "cured" then i would be confused because of the discontinuity of my previous life's cessation.

i really do not want to be any other way than me, so i would not accept any potion that would alter my reality.

i am stuck to be how i am and i am not upset about it.
i am content



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01 Jan 2009, 10:06 am

no I'm happy with who I am and that you can't put a dollar amount on.



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01 Jan 2009, 10:13 am

Yes! Cured the annoying stuff like Aspie traits, Tourette syndrome and CAPD. I will be cuuured! lol :lol:


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01 Jan 2009, 1:16 pm

This just in ....

Autism and AS have a physical basis in how our brains are 'wired'.
We can no more be 'cured' than someone with Downs can be cured.

Our new rallying call: "Cure hams, not Autism!! !"


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01 Jan 2009, 5:28 pm

I would be happy to have the million. For I would buy a penthouse condo.


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09 Jan 2009, 5:15 am

1Oryx2 wrote:
I think the better question should be, how many NTs would take a cure to turn them into Aspies if we paid them $1 million?


:lol: Good question.



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09 Jan 2009, 5:18 am

For a million dollars, I'd do it, under the condition I could be paid in advance and postpone it for 75 years.


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09 Jan 2009, 5:46 am

Would all the expenses related to the cure be paid in addition to the million? Would this also require an automatic enrollment that takes out fees from my debit card monthly unless I call an 800 number to cancel within the first 30 days?



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09 Jan 2009, 2:21 pm

EvoVari wrote:
You can keep the million dollars. The cure please.


Ditto. The million dollars would be nice, but money can only buy so much. I'd much rather have the cure.



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09 Jan 2009, 5:40 pm

I would sooner take a bullet to the head than accept such a cure. I define myself by change, but that 'cure' changes so much of me on such a fundamental level, that I would never go through with it.



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09 Jan 2009, 5:57 pm

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I think the better question should be, how many NTs would take a cure to turn them into Aspies if we paid them $1 million?


Zero. As they would not want something that hinders their social abilities and denies them opportunities via socializing. They'll feel all awkward and weird for the rest of their lives.

As for those with AS, many wish they can do the same because it is not what you know, but who you know.

My answer is obviously HELL YEAH!! !! :twisted:



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