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I don't understand how you guys can enjoy having autism. Every time someone rejects me, I get pissed because I know somewhere along the line I screwed up. Maybe if there was a cure, I could finally break the social code so to speak.

well--i'm not looking for a cure at any point, really. but it would be nice to have more social skills and some idea about how the whole thing works, and some idea of what to do, say, etc. that wouldn't have things in an uproar.

i don't know if i "enjoy" autism, but i do like some of the strengths i have as a result. i don't know if i would be as creative or as engaged in certain thoughts or ideas or as fascinated by color, shape, words, or if the sensory world would be as varied to me.

it's a mixed thing. no doubt. self-acceptance seems to work better than struggle, in the long run though.

Yeah. I used to get annoyed that some people are so happy to have AS. I hate it. But I think that ultimately you do have to accept that it's part of you and work with that because you're not just going to wake up one day and find that you're NT.