Big Pharm ready to cure us apparently

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/roche- ... _news_stmp

That seems very optimistic of those companies.
I would say good luck to them.
Although by the tone of the subject line of this thread I sense you are not too happy about being identified as someone who wants a 'cure' ?

Instead of spending thousands/millions on a medication for Autism spectrum disorders, I really think more therapy training and teaching should be encouraged and done with good skill. Overall it would probably be less cost-effective and also, it is believed that Asperger's, Autism and similar disorders/special needs/whatever you want to call them derive from a variety of factors in every person, so a medication which would work for one Aspie person will probably not work on another Aspie person, as he or she has Asperger's Syndrome for a different reason.

Ridiculous. I don't think we should leave severly autistic/Aspie people "the way they are", as that allows for no hope or progression for that person to live a fulfilled life. But at the same time, I don't think we need to establish a medical cure for Autism spectrum disorders.

I think I might shut up now, getting quite heated up here.

Usually at this point I start the stopwatch (why is it called a stopwatch by the way, since it is something that people start?) and wait how long it takes for someone to post a reply along the lines of, "it would be better to spend millions for a treatment for those annoying idiots with Neurotypical Personality Disorder".

I read through the story a couple of times, and I'm not seeing anybody announcing they've got anything new, or reached a new stage in the trial or approval process or anything. Just two corporations combining/trading what they've already got, with the hope that future progress will be faster than past progress.

Nothing to get super-excited about here...

I know I may sound paranoid from what I'm about to say but,I think it is possible they want to rid us of this planet out of fear of replacement since autism and asd is on the rise.Im not going to havem try to cure me I think I'm fine the way I am I do not wish to reformat and possibly ruin my mental hard drive for their satisfaction just because of my personality and intimidating intelligence.I think they think of us as a possible threat.yeah yeah I know I know I should cut down on reading and watching x men. I swear wp is like the xavier institute for us.

Don't know about ridding us from the planet, but if there is anyone who wants to get rid of the negative aspects of AS, it would be me.
I would trade an arm and leg in return for being NT.

I'm in so much desperation to be normal that I want to believe it.

I do not want to be "cured", frankly I find the idea of the autism "cure" as being offensive. It is as morally wrong as a "cure" for women which would turn them into men, a "cure" for gay people which would turn them straight or a "cure" for black people which would turn them white.

I suspect that I am not alone in my feelings about the "cure".

I would like to know why the GABA receptor is important for autism, I thought that the GABA receptor is the place in the insect CNS where lindane acts. I doubt if a a link exists between lindane and autism (I have not looked yet). Would one of the bioscientists here explain to a physical scientist why the GABA receptor is of importance to autism.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Trust me, they won't "cure" anything. There is no money in curing any illness as then the person does not need medication. If anything, they will find a way to "manage" certain traits for the low, low price of $150-300 a month, every month, for the rest of your life.