Cure Autism Now

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I know we've had this thread before, but I'm thinking of doing an argumentative research paper on whether or not there should be a cure for Autism. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to give me your inputs on this subject. I would very much like to hear from both sides of the issue and I would love to hear from as many people as possible so if you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it. If you want to, you can e-mail me if you would prefer to do it that way. Thanks.

I think science will not be able to cure Autism in the near future. In science and medicine they have not truly cured anything yet. They have along ways to go to truly cure anything in My Book.

Many Nt people have asked me this question and iftheir was cure would I want it? I don't think a cure should be found. Autism is here in the world for a reason, and if you look at past history and intelligence is thought to have come from Autism and autistic minds. I think Austim is something that keeps the world changing and developing. One thing that Dr. Tony Attwood stated in on of his videos was that computer's were made for and by people with Asperger's Syndrome. Who knows if this is true, but he gave his reasons as to why.
As the curse that it can be, it is a gift. You cannot really have gifts and not be lacking in another area. Life does not just work that way because that would be perfectionism and humans have yet to acheive that. Autsim gives us all gifts of some kind, and indiviualism that most NT's don't have. Somebody's got to stand out and be different, otherwise ideas and inventions would not even be tried. I beleive its people like us that make things happen in the world. One thing that i wonder about is if Asperger Syndrome or Autism is the next generation that man is headed to maybe it is the next evolution that the world is headed to. Autsim does not have an easy answer as to why is it,or how it became. No one knows if it is gentic or where it comes from but maybe if we stop and look at that we might realise that perhaps it is not suppose to be figured out. Doctors have answers for it seems every other disease out there, yet they cannot figure out Autism. If Autism has a purpose for being here on earth then I don't think it will let itself be figured out.

I think you can no more cure or fix a diffrently wired brain than you could someone being male or female or brown,black hair etc. Humans can learn to treat diffrent humans as well diffrent but not bad. There are some very rude views on how some humans think they are better than other humans and if even if this was true that does not give them the right to treat less able humans badly.

There is no cure.
There is no spoon.

With genetic engineering and babies possibly being designed before they're born, things like those could one day be "cured". I just nope we never advance that far, curing Autism would ruin things. Without variety, the world would get really boring.

I have mixed feelings about curing autism.

On one side, there is the argument that curing autism is an attack on autistic people. I suppose I can slightly agree with this. People who think so often can't separate autism and the people who have autism. However, I do think it is possible to separate the two. Autism is indeed a part of me, but autism is not me. I am still a bit tentative about a cure. I think that biological/genetic cures should be approached with caution, as abuse could occur.

On the other hand, I think that a cure could improve so many people's lives. When most people think of autism, they think of LFA. People with LFA (who can't speak, who can't take care of their basic needs, who can't interact with other people on a basic level, etc.) would greatly benefit from a cure. This is why organisations such as CAN have so much support. Most people who speak out against organisations like CAN have AS or HFA. Even though it's all on the same spectrum, AS and HFA are very different than LFA. Also, most of the time organisations looking for cures are talking about cures LFA, not AS or HFA.

I don't think I can make a sweeping, generalised comment about whether a cure is good or bad. The right or best decision for one person may not be the right or best one for another person.

Neurodiversity helps our species thrive. It creates segments of people in different areas of different spectrums who can "think differently". Wiping out those segments will only set back the human race.

Granted, many people who have low functioning autism may be the most understandable candidate for a 'cure', and I grant an exception.

But otherwise, the normal analogy (for lack of a better) holds: would you 'cure' an olympic athlete because they have different abilities?

Kinda makes me think of this story: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

My only regret would be that if i was given a cure no one would look upon the change to me as murder.

I think that if we as a human race strive to cure autism, something would definitely be missing in this world. I mean, if humans got rid of everything that they didn't understand, then that would be a lot of things to get rid of, and it would prove to be rather foolish because everything works together in this world in one way or another, like a puzzle. Autism has a major function in the world, and if people got rid of it, this world wouldn't be as advanced in a lot of fields, as lots of experts have autistic spectrum disorders. I also think it's kind of foolish to get rid of something simply because only at a moment you think something is an imperfection or a disorder or disease; and I think that people should think of the long-term results. It's kind of like "hitting what you don't see" so to speak; or acting blindly and hitting something you don't know. This world needs people to think differently so that they could advance farther in some areas rather than stay where we are. To state my opinion, I'd much rather have individualism than being able to socialise better.

I don't feel sick.

I would.

I agree with Bec and Nuttdan; I can definitely understand why people would want a cure for low-functioning autism (it must be especially hard on the parents....) but if someone says that people like my girlfriend need to be cured of the "disease" that makes them the wonderful and special people they are, I'd say it's the people making the suggestion who should seek a mental cure.