If they had a cure...

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Im guessing this will be right down the middle half and half. Anyway I wished they had one.

Turn into a brainless zombie like more or less everybody else my age? No, keep it. I'd rather be awkward.

The idea of being like most other 18 year olds makes me sick to my stomach - walking around texting constantly, listening to

HORRID music, getting drunk and getting into fights, watching football and being celebrity obsessed - I'd rather be dead thank you.

However, if I was exactly the same, but without a social disability and difficult sensory issues, then I'd probably take it. But somehow

I feel as if Aspergers makes me the person I am, so in an actual situation where there was a big red button with

"CURE" written on it in capital letters (and preferably in Arial font) I wouldn't really want to press it. It might as well say

"PRESS TO SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF THE BRAINDEAD MASSES."

I have a few role models who are on the spectrum and I'm proud to have successful people to relate to.

If they had a cure...
There would be a vast litany of side-effects that supersede the original condition that was cured in terms of severity.

what is with the negative connotations around being "Neurotypical"? doesnt this sort of perpetuate the cycle of NT's not understanding people in the autistic spectrum? Why would someone who is an "NT" want to try to befriend and understand someone in the spectrum if they are constantly refering to them as zombies and sheep?

I would consider myself, an NT. I have inate social skills and have always had the ability to communicate verbally in social situations with little to no effort. Does that make me a bad person? I live every day of my life trying to be the best person I can possibly be, understanding and without judgement. I am somewhat discouraged after reading more and more on this forum at the amount of disdain thrown towards people like me, who social skills came easily. I came to this forum because I feel different from everyone, regardless how easily I can communicate, there just seems to a wall between myself and everyone else. Maybe some of my qualities are in the spectrum but over all I would just consider myself a person of above average intelligence. I have had a few friends that were Aspies throughout my life and they have been my closest friends and the people I felt understood me the best. I am just shocked and slightly appalled that I feel I am constantly inadvertantly being put down by 3.5 out of 5 people who post on this fourm. Talking constantly about how people like me will never understand, and dont try to understand.........

I guess my point in saying this is don't you think you have to let someone try to understand you and try to befriend you? Why on earth would I go out of my way to be nice and understand someone who has a negative opinion of me without knowing me? Isnt that what a lot of people in the spectrum are upset about? how NTs have preconceived notions of what an aspie is? From reading here for the last few weeks I have been overwhelmed at the amount of closemindedness towards people considered to be "NT"

I have just one more thing to say for tonight and than I'll leave this thread alone for now. Though I don't wish for a cure for myself, I feel that there should be one available for the people who want it. I think that it's great that there are a lot of members who don't wish to be cured. I also see that there are other members who would be happy to be cured. I like to look at things from both sides.

I don't know. I would first do a lot of research and see how much people had changed after they took the cure. I don't want to change but I would like to be more aware of other people around me. If it only helped a little bit without changing me then I probably would.

edit: Actually I changed my mind. I just remembered that being detached from others has helped me in some ways because I am totally oblivious to more subtle forms of bullying and taunting, therefore I don't react at all and the bullies get bored of me very quickly. Or so I have been told, anyway. If I got better at realising things about other people but still bad socially then maybe I would suffer more... So my answer is no.

I like myself and the way I am, but my autism causes real problems when trying to make and keep friends and boyfriends. I would rather be normal and socially satisfied than strange and lonely.