Return of the cure thread.

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I would like to reintroduce one of our favorite topics- the CURE FOR AUTISM

Personally, I'm anti-cure, but I support the development of therapies to soothe the more distressing symptoms, especially of the lower functioning.

Everyone. . . GO!

Someone else wants a cure, fine, they can have it. But. . .

. . . I pity da foo dat tries ta cure me!

For me, cures are not a matter of 'should', but rather a matter of 'would'.

Personally, I want a cure. I don't want to have AS. If a cure were available, I would take it. Having said that, taking the cure should be a matter of choice. If you prefer having AS, then by all means remain with it.

Good Chocolate.

If a cure improved my memory and wit, I'd be for it. If not, that's what I'd prefer to have improved.

Cure my sensory integration disorder.
Leave my autism alone.

I would like for some things to be cured, but I'm not so sure others can be cured. Peace of mind is important to me right now...

If a cure for autism is ever found, it won't just clear up autism. It will do MUCH more than anyone suspects.

Repair the myelin sheath on nerves.
Clear up timing issues between brain areas.
Replace/repair/activate mirror neurons.
"Correct" any other "abnormal" brain structures.

In short, a Super Brain. Who wants a brain with a big letter S and a red cape?

Seriously, the biggest problem I see with curing all autism is the potential threat to "out of the box" thinking. The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that most people are capable of it, but the more radical ideas are suppressed. Non-autistics mix more emotions with their logic than autistics. There's a distinct uneasy feeling with looking different to the group. Autistics look for solutions with less emotion than non-autistics, therefore there's less fear associated with these radical ideas. So, will the cure box everyone into the same range of emotional/logical mix in their thinking? Mathematical models of ecosystems have shown diversity to be necessary for the system's survival. If we normalize everyone's thinking, will it remove the needed diversity of thinking and forge the last nail for mankind's coffin?

Cure my sensory issues and my depression.

Not anything else.

For the love of God kill the depression. lol
But fat chance of wanting my AS cured. I like having it personally... however debilitating.

Like other people have said, I'd like something to help with my sensory issues, but that's it. I don't want a cure. I like the way I am, thanks.

But I don't have a problem with other people wanting to be cured (although I would prefer it to be called something else, since "cure" implies something inherently wrong with us). In an ideal world, people who wanted a cure could have one, while those who didn't want one would be left alone.

The problem is, we don't live in an ideal world; if a cure were available, people who didn't want it would be pressured into it, and most parents would cure their autistic children as a matter of course (and failing to do so would probably be seen as a form of child abuse). So by all means, look for a cure... but not until the stigma surrounding autism is gone. And that could take a very long time.

Hmmm so I can be one of these people who can't take a 20 minute car ride without gabbing on the phone for 15 of them, can't watch a 2 hour movie without sending 4 text messages, and hang out with people who use me because I'm scared to be alone?

No thanks. AS may cause me my own set of problems, but people who do too much feeling and too little thinking seem to have their own set of headaches, they just aren't made to feel bad about them.

If a cure meant best of both worlds, sign me up.

if there was a cure i wouldnt want to be cured. without my as i simply wouldnt be me. i would be taken over. I am in favour of the treatments to soothe etc but i wouldnt want to be completely cured. I know as is frustrating sometimes but i wouldnt be me without it.
much love
xx

There is no cure so it's a moot point.