1Million Dollars Vs Lose Your Aspergers.

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I'd say I have a greater chance of getting a million dollars than ever being able to be cured of Asperger's. A cure just seems unlikely.

Getting $1 million wouldn't change what I am doing right now, eggsept that I could use the money to start up something that helps autistic people.

I'm going to have my cake and eat it, too.

As I've shared, I've already figured out how to effectively treat my AS symptoms and am doing pretty awesome for it. In turn, it's enabled me to work & earn like never before in my life so I'm up ~$30K in the last year and a half and hope to accelerate that. The money is being saved and invested until I have the capital required to start the business I intend to, which should be quite lucrative. However, even if I never started another business and am not successful with it, if I just keep doing what I'm doing - working hard, and smart, and investing for the long haul.. I will eventually become a millionaire. It's really just a matter of time, ie when, not if I become a millionaire. If my business plans work out, it could happen within 5 years even. If I just carry on working away, it might take a decade or two.

I'll take minimizing AS AND a million dollars, not one or the other.

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I'd get the million and give a billionth of it to each Chinese in China

I'd choose the 1 Million Dollars any day. I don't wish to be cured of my AS. I haven't been wishing for a cure for 15 years now. I'd buy things that are related to my special interests, so that I can celebrate my AS even more than I do, already. I'd even physically transition to being male. 1 Million Dollars would be like heaven for me.

But you could invest it and live off the interest of about $40,000 a year. Maybe more depending on how good you are at investing.

But yeah, I do agree that a million dollars is not a lot of money. Even with $40,000 to $50,000 a year to spend, you would not be living high on the hog. But you could be comfortable.

I figure to retire and live really good you should probably have a minimum of two to three million dollars. Then you would have enough to buy a nice house, lots of money to spend, and still have money to invest for the future.

I can't believe I'm saying it either, but I'd probably prefer the cure over the million bucks. The reason why is because I'd probably just be a rich depressed loner which I've seen many including Elliot Rodger, if he really was an aspie.

It seems I can't find true happiness within myself but perhaps if I was cured or rid of this condition things would change. The ones saying you like having autism I can't understand why maybe you haven't suffered as much as some of us had. I'm not a rich person myself and on disability but I still would want the cure, I think in a few years I could make at least half a million with the business plans I have.

This was a very tough question, but there's my answer.

Besides all the obvious benefits I would easily earn a million dollars more in my lifetime without aspergers.

I'd take the million bucks----hands down!

I don't think Asperger's is always a negative.

I like making budgets (can work on them for hours) so taking the money and keeping my AS would work out quite well.

Cure Autism.

Of course I am diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and not aspergers.

Last document I had / the one on my desk says,

Primary Diagnosis
Bipolar I disorder

Secondary Diagnosis
Addiction of substances, Autism spectrum disorder

So I guess this question doesn't apply to me, also kinda of talking to myself but when the hell did my bipolar type 2 turn in type 1. I swear I put very little faith in what all these documents say but I would rather be normal than take the money.

Id take the million pound.

And with a lower standard of living you could stretch it out even longer, though even 25,000 a year for instance would be a much nicer standard of living than I have now.

Well, for years, I tried to blend into society by drinking and drugging so, yeah, I would've liked to be NT. I'm older now and, finally, being autistic is fine by me. Give the money to the food banks, though. I don't want it.