Capriccio wrote:
Truthfully, I wouldn't mind a cure. Yeah AS produces a way of thinking, but sometimes I feel very out-of-sync with everyone else. Sometimes when it comes to feeling feelings, I either can't, or have a very hard time. When I should be happy, I'm the least enthusiastic person in the room. I notice when I feel sad, but feel a bit colder to others at times. I mean yes, the introvertive aspect and particular wiring make it a breeze to get through college and work with data, but when I want to interact with people, I really wish I had that NT instinct. They know how to dress with style, know what jokes to tell and what not to, how to carry out this bit of rocket science I call small talk, and just plain connect with no effort at all. I have a much harder time with that.
i no what u mean. I feel that if childern in the future could be prevented from getting autism, that they could be spared the hardship that must of on her have experienced in various degrees sociallyand in other faucets of our lives. What the problem is is when parents that have autistic childern are taught to fear that their childern are "different", and will stand out. Of course no one should suffer, but teaching those childern to live with and accept their autism, as well as the parents, is more important than searching for a cure that may or may not exist. Autism is a part of the being of everyone with it, and their mental makeup is entiwned with it in different degrees, depending on the person. To cure me, you would take away what makes me me, so a cure for those affected probably isnt possible.
As for Autismspeaks, screw them!
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