If it was possible to get rid of AS, would you go for it?

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Absolutely would go for it without a second thought.

Affective Forecasting.

Quite a few Autistics assume THAT being Non-Autistic would place them in a better situation.......realistically THAT might not be the case for many BUT it's their right to choose.

TheSunAlsoRises

I answered no. Autism is part of who I am. I don't want to lose that.

Dig this picture: a middle-aged man in the year 2240 has a lousy, boring job, low pay, horrible boss. Same old dinner every day he comes home, same old breakfast every time he wakes up. Invariably fails to make ends meet every month and has to borrow. Has no hobbies, a drag of a relationship, and all his childhood dreams are dust.

Guy takes a time machine to the year 2215 to make sure he catches his break at the pivotal moment that made the difference. Lands his dream job, gets wealthy, gets his intellectual kicks both on and off the job, and has a swinging social life. Having safeguarded his fortune, he uses the time machine to jump back to 2240 to take his place in the life he yearned for for 25 years.

And then, the day after he's returned, he gets run over by a bus.

I would take the cure in a heartbeat!

I'm tired of being aspie, I hate this crap.



If I became NT, I'd still prefer to be low key, I would blend in with society much better as my aspie awkwardness would be gone, no more staring, no more talking funny, and the other negative aspects that's with being aspie.

I'd hope I be able to retain the memories I have of being aspie though, as it has thought me a LOT of life lessons and opened my mind to new things.

It's not the Autism or the Asperger's that is the issue: its the society that we are forced to live in, and being "neurotypical" is going to do NOTHING to change how screwed up society is.

If there was a cure for NVLD I'd go for it for sure.

You can blame it on the society all you want, but that won't change the reality. Screwed up or not, the society is more powerful than you (or even the relativevly small group of people with ASD). If you want to succeed in the society, learning to act neurotypical is in your best interest. If you feel comfortable acting openly as an Aspie regardless of what others think, it's your choice. But I don't think it's a reasonable choice.



That's what medical scientists believe. In practical terms, however, if someone overcomes successfully learns how to act like an NT to the point that it becomes his second nature, then what makes him any different from any regular person?

My question was rather hypothetical. If you would be willing to take the "cure" if one existed, it means you consider Aspergers as a personal challenge you'd rather not have but you don't identify yourself with that challenge. On the other hand, if you would not be interested in such a "cure", it means that you're so much into your Aspergers that you can't see yourself separate from it.

NO f*****g WAY! If Autism Speaks or some branch of the government showed up ony my doorstep demanding I take it, I'd pop a cap in their ass. You just don't f**k with this meerkat. I never suffered from autism. I suffered because of other people's ignorance. Maybe it's just my personal religious beliefs, but if there was a cure for the conditions I have that actual do cause me ocassional suffering, such as scoliosis or Meniere’s disease, I doubt I would accept those either.

Yes. People are more important than my special interests, period. I don't even care if I'm not the same person, the current me is nothing to write home about.

My special intrests are EVERYTHING to me.

If I could have had it early in life, like say about 5 years old just before starting school... Then I say a weak yes.

I get lots of benefits from being different, but from about 5-25 I spent a lot of my life learning how to fit in and pretend to be NT... as a result, if I somehow could have done all of that more naturally then I probably would be ok with taking away the benefits related to AS...

However I think my intelligence and a few other things are not related to AS, so I figure I would get to keep more of those traits than a lot of people here are probably considering that they might get to keep.

However, if you offered me a cure today... I would pretty much say absolutely not... It took me nearly 30 flipping years to get used to life with my dysfunction... the last thing I need is to have to learn how to do life without my compensating behaviors and deal with being clumsy and unsure all over again x.x

That's practically like asking the question: If you could be a teenager again, would you do it... the answer will always be HELL NO!

however, I answered yes on the poll because the first answer is what came to mind first.