For those that believe Autism is good, what are your reasons

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I'm just curious to know.

I find it very hard to think of autism as a good thing, but without a doubt I know it can bring good things. In other words it's a mixed bag and depending on a person's perspective and experiences in life the positives may outweigh the negatives and vice versa. I can't really be bothered listing the positives that can associate with autism because they're able to be found all over the net.

I apologize in advance to anybody that I list below. If anything is wrong about you feel free to correct me as it's only from memory.

Examples of the WP community:

. Btbnnyr conducts autism research with a team that possess autistic traits (but I presume are still NT), and they share similar interests and don't force much social pressure onto her. Her own autistic traits may allow her to perform as a great scientist in this setting.

. Adamantium/B19/ASPartOfMe/KraftieKortie/Cyberdad and other older late-diagnosed or undiagnosed Aspies, or parents of Aspies at WP are able to better understand the struggles of the neurodiverse, and can provide valuable advice to youngins on the spectrum. In this sense autism has potentially produced a high-level of compassion for those that are different.

Autism is the reason I have a friend that doesn't actively deceive me. Not that NTs are deceitful but naturally, social interaction is never truly 100% 'real'.

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Something that I think is very positive about it is the fact that most of society is people who think "inside the box" by default and all of society is constructed in an "inside the box thinker" type of manner, and they seem to often have a hard time "thinking outside the box" (seeing things from different points of view/perspectives/whatever)

We think outside the box by default - what they strive to do and make memes about and often urge one another to do in order to become better at whatever it is they do in life, is what our brains are wired to do by default.

I can only speak for my self but I think the only "positives" of having Autism is the intense interests which kinda makes me very knowledgeable Tho the cons kinda out weighs the positives for me

It is different for each person, so I don't think one should force their views of autism based on their lives onto another who may have quite different view. I only disagree strongly with people at eggstremes, e.g. people who that being autistic is worse than being dead, or e.g. people who say that autism is greatest thing and far superior to neurotypical who are compared to lower animals or made out to be talent-less narcissists and psychopaths.

Also about me in my setting, there are negatives of autism in my setting too, such as not synchronizing well with others on a team of researchers, not communicating well with others through language like discussing science, not getting social stuff which applies in this setting too, as some people are simply turned off by me, but there is also greater proportion of people who are not compared to other settings. Also, I don't really attribute most of my good qualities to autism, but some to luck in being genetically predisposed to them and developing them in childhood, some to having good parents and their ways of raising me, some to my own efforts, which I feel strongly about, since it is by my own effort that anything gets done in my research. I also don't attribute most bad qualities or mistakes to autism, as I find that it is really me making choices, e.g. making bad choice while knowing I could make better, e.g. not bothering to improve some aspect that needs work. If I do something that I regret later, then I have myself to blame, not autism, as I am not an autism automaton. But it turns out that I don't go deeply into self-blame, I find it more helpful to move on from negative eggsperiences.

I feel blessed as far as my way of seeing and feeling life and my character goes. That equals autism to me, thus it has been a blessing. Life is beautiful, magical even.

Bullying, harassment and exclusion are choices other people make. Actually I have been hurt the most in my life by people that I've never even spend an hour with. If I say hurtful things in purpose, it is similarly a choice I make.

Most in this thread probably hate my view, but it's my view on the world. The window you look through, paints the scenery you see.

Yeah I am not on the autism makes me the special snowflake I am or whatever bandwagon.

For me it is an impairment and a disability. I could say positive sounding stuff like I have an extra special bond with my family because of my special needs or something like that. I do i think tend to talk more positively than negatively about having it and even joke about having it some.

But yeah if I could take a pill that would make me operate on the same level as my same age cousin I have been raised with, I definitely would in a heartbeat.

I have the Neurodiversity view in that i think society should accept and would gain from bieng more accepting of different way of thinking and expression. I also believe that the partial or total reason many feel autism is a curse is non acceptance to hostility from society and the people they are dealing with.

But I do realize autism besides the differences has real impairments associated with it. I do not know where all these posters get the idea the supporting Neurodiversity means viewing Autism as only good. That idea of neurodiverse view does not represent the vast majority of the neurodiverse supporters I read here and elsewhere. I resent reading this constantly.

For all of the above when a poster says Autism is a curse in their life I can't assume they are wrong. I am not living their life. There is far to much of neurotypicals telling autistics what to think for me to tell another autistic how to view thier life. One of the tenants of Neurodiversity is let Autistics speak for themselves. That goes for autistics views of autism we do not like.

For those that want treatment/cure be sure to check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mitchell

I see my autism as a unique way of being. I have some artistic and crafty talents and a wild imagination. I also have a great love for music of all types. I'll give any type of music at least one try. I also don't feel bound to society as far as popular culture and fashion is concerned. If I feel like dressing the way The Kinks did in the 60s, I will. I don't care if I seem daft to allistic people. I'm also able to keep myself occupied for days without human contact.