Anyone hope to have an aspie child?

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There is nothing wrong with having aspie kids. Aspies are also normal but different and just to be honest, i don't think i could handle NT kids.

I don't, because I know how being bullied feel and I simply don't want my child to experience it

Reading through this whole thread I see a lot of selfishness (IMO). Posters are most concerned with what would make them feel comfortable and good rather than thinking about the well being & emotional health of their child.

First off, for all of the gifts that being AS has it all comes with it also comes with a life of alienation, depression, difficulties w/employment and a higher divorce and suicide rate. It's tough to be on the spectrum. Why wish that on your child? Just so you could relate to them better? So that you feel more comfortable?

And speaking of relating of being able to "relate" better, I'm not sure that's even true. Parents who have AS often have a very tough time parenting. Read through the threads on this site and you see a lot of people who had a tough time growing up when they had an AS parent. The rigidity, black & white think, lack of empathy, lack of ToM and so on. It's not an ideal envronment for raising a child.

Now on top of that throw in that a child who has AS being raised by a parent that has AS. Sounds like it would be a perfect match. But the problem is for all of the ways that it "works" and the parent & child can relate, the very issues that make it work are the very same issues that can make if very difficult. It's like the blind leading the blind. If you're an aspie you know how hard it is for someone to change your mind if you see things a certain way. Now imagine you see things (concretely) one way and your child sees them (equally concretely) another way.

Having and raising a child can be one of the happiest things you will ever do in life. I hope that all here who wish to do so can someday experience it. You will love your child whether they are AS/NT or somewhere in between. But IMO be careful what you wish for. You just may get it. And once you are a parent you are a parent till the day you die. It does not end when they go of to school.

It's natural to want to have things in common with you child, but would I wish for an AS child? Of course not! What defines someone as having an ASD rather than a BAP personality is impairment. Why would I want my child to be impaired and as a consequence suffer? Everyone suffers, but why wish a particular suffering on the person you love the most?

If you want a child with only the positive traits ofautism, then what you want is not AS. AS as a diagnosis means impairment and if not direct suffering than indirect suffering because of the limitations to your life.

I have an autistic son. I wouldn't change him, but I can se his pain and I wish I could take it away.

I would also recommend any aspiring parents to read some child psychology. Even if your child turns out the way you want them, being raised by a parent because they're hoping to finally be understood and loved by another person causes real psychological problems. A child shouldn't be born to a task, and the task of fulfilling the emotional needs of a lonely aspie is no little job.

God, no. I wouldn't inflict this on anyone.

i am the same way
I had to deal with myself

not only would I have to deal with me, and with whatever weird girl I end up with
but the weird kid that I made
no way
not at all

i would not hope to be responsible for someone having so much to deal with either... not even if it made me feel better. not even if it gave me someone to easily relate to (which i think the chances of that being the result is narrow)

Would I wish it on someone? No, absolutely not. But if the cards played out (genetics) and I did have an AS/autistic child, I certainly would not mind.