Would you rather have AS or be in a wheelchair?

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Am I the only Aspie who thinks it might be better to be in a wheelchair? Especially if I could stand for long enough to get into/out of bed, the bath, etc. on my own. Being in a wheelchair wouldn't prevent me from getting near as many jobs as my AS does, since most jobs I can find require more socialization than I can handle on a daily basis before I shut down and am unable to speak no matter how hard I try. I also already get people seeing me at my best and assuming I'm always capable of that, accusing me of being lazy, not trying hard enough, and/or not caring when I can't meet their expectations of me, so if, say, someone saw me standing to get my wheelchair out of the car or something and accused me of faking or not needing the chair, it would be the same sort of thing. Now, if I couldn't stand unsupported at all, I don't know which I'd choose. I'd hate the lack of privacy and dependence on others, in that case.

I would most definitely rather have AS than be in a wheelchair. Loss of mobility (and sight) are two of my worst panicky nightmares to be honest.

I live in an apartment where I need to climb two flights of stairs and there's no elevator. So no.
Of course, even if I didn't live in such a building I would never pick a being in a wheelchair over being an aspie.

A few years ago I sprained my knee, and using stairs and walking in general was very painful and difficult. Just getting in and out of the bathtub was difficult. It made made me think a lot how it must be like for people who can't walk at all.

Of course, I could end up in a wheelchair one day... I could fall down those wretched stairs next time I go out if I'm not careful. Or even if I am.

Well, people in wheelchairs get more sympathy and social acceptance than mobile Aspies do. Even if a person in a wheelchair is ret*d or severely autistic or has some other mental condition (even Tourette's) people seem to not take the piss out of them so much.

But I wouldn't want to be in a wheelchair myself. But I don't want AS either. I just want to be neurotypical and physitypical (just made that word up, it means physically normal/able).

I'm fine with having AS. And I wouldn't want to be in a wheelchair, because I like being able to move around freely. Though if I didn't have AS, maybe I wouldn't need to move around so much.

I'd rather have AS cuz it's part of who I am & I have more than my fair share of physical disabilities already.

AS

To me, this is one of the most offensive threads I've ever seen here. It would be offensive even if I hadn't had to watch the terrible muscle and fat wasting of a beloved partner (now deceased) who was confined to a wheelchair after a terrible accident. A brilliant man, people who didn't know him thereafter spoke to him as if he was intellectually deficient. He couldn't bear it. He committed suicide.

On top of that this thread was "necro'd" after being dead for over eight years.

Time it was put to sleep I think. That troll got more than enough food the first time around.