does anyone prefer

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being autistic

I do

humans are obsessed with ego

yack

they bring no joy to life

it was better before I gotbschizophrenia and was less aware

they seem to be obsessed with worthiness

I just wanna have fun..

cue Cindy Lauper...

Hard to say, because I don't know what a typical neurotypical is like, being such a diverse group, and I know even less about how it feels to be one.

I don't prefer having the executive disfunction of ASD to not having it. But I value some aspects of my thinking style and attitude that are probably due to ASD. To some extent I like being able to concentrate and analyse things abnormally intensely, and my sense of detachment from mainstream values and ideology. I like my contempt for the kind of society in which there's a set of unstated rules, a pecking order, and little commitment to being inclusive. I like being relatively free of self-serving bias and the Dunning-Kruger effect. I suppose it's a little bit like being a spiritual type, pursuing a different, "higher" plane, though objectively I wouldn't say it was higher, just different, and to me, preferable. I like the sense of fascination I get from discovering little bits of off-the-beaten-track knowledge. I like having an alternative sense of what beauty is. I have some liking for my attitude to authority and "alpha types." I'm glad I've remained rather childlike. To a degree I like my disdain for dishonesty. I like being relatively free of the hive mind.

Of course I'm also aware of some downsides too that I don't prefer at all, and I can't be certain that all those things are entirely down to ASD, but I think most of them at least owe a passing nod to the condition.

No. I want to be neurotypical.

Being autistic did not protect me from having a fragile ego.
Maturing helped.

Being Autistic isn't so bad. It's having to live in a world dominated by Neurotypicals that's the problem.

I prefer the way I am regardless of what others think or feel about me.

I like the way I am.

I prefer titles that finish the question.

I don't know, I was never not autistic....so I don't really have anything else to compare it to.

Not really sure how much is autism and how much is other stuff, as other people have said, I can’t know which I’d prefer because I’ve never known what it’s like to not be autistic, but I can say that I am entirely unsuited to the society I’m forced to live in. As such, in this society I would rather be able to function, live, or possibly even thrive just like most people. But a large part of it is that I am not a social creature by nature, which strongly conflicts with the “typical” ways of living. If I was actually in the proper environment, I probably would be perfectly happy as I am.

I have severe social anxiety/phobia despite (or maybe because of, in my case, at least) being autistic, I am hyperaware of others’ judgement and criticisms of me, and my worth (or lack thereof) as far as they’re concerned. A significant part of my ongoing depression is feeling like I’m nothing but a burden to anyone.

I don't mind being autistic, though I know nothing else other than what it's like to be like this. I also don't know if I "prefer" it.

I'd rather be autistic. I find many typical types to be intolerant of anybody different from themselves.