Leave the pro-cure groups alone

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Merle

Wrong Planet was covered in MIT's Media Lab course 'Techno-Identity' (MAS.961) in 2006 and is on the syllabus of UCLA's 'Autism and Asperger Syndrome in the Media: Through the eyes of individuals with Autism' (Education 88S). Wrong Planet comes up in the special education curriculum of many universities in the United States. A page is dedicated to Wrong Planet and its founder in a textbook used by various Universities such as the University of Virginia and George Mason University for introduction to special education courses.

totally!

Merle

What does this prove...

Proof? No. no proof at all

Just a reminder that over the Holiday break lots of students come into WP.net and delve into the 'Autistic mind'.

Merle

Merle

Okay, a rephrase then.

What does this have to do with anything on this thread?

Why do you assume I want to have a family? The thought of it only makes me feel sick.

Future of Earth is more important than your desires.

Greedy, power-hungry NT;s are screwing the world's ecosystems and perpetuating a social system of huge inequalities and suffering. That is because NT;s are adapted to stone age level society.

Most inventions which have changed our lives and made them better were made by socially inept eccentric scientists and inventors, people who were apart from their communities.

Edison, Tesla, Babitt, Gates...

Yes, I am all in favor of genetic tailoring, but it should be directing at making THEM more like US, not US more like THEM.

Take away all inventors, all creative engineers, all scientists, and what you get behind is a society which will stagnate.

It will be a new dark age if you remove aspergers from the equation.

To Rdos:
I think I will not argue with a person who equals social abilities of human beings with the social abilities of apes. I think our positions are entirely different and based on different assumptions.
If his initial assumption is that social abilities of human beings are at the same level as the ones of the apes, then I leave it for the apes to have further debates with him.
I am sorry DeanFoley you spent so much time on this useless conversation. Don't you see it is a waste of time and you are basically trying to prove to him that NTs are higher developed then monkeys? Do you really have to prove it ?

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For a moment, I thought there was going to be an over-dramatic "LEAVE CUREBIES ALONE!!" video on youtube to accompany the thread

I do not want to be cured. I like being an .

These groups want to "force" their ideas about cures down our throat.

What "groups" are you referring to. Be specific.

Bataar I hope you have been paying attention. The thread was about "pro-cure" groups.
As far as I am concerned they are "snake oil sales people." To cure one of AS a "brain doctor" would have to "rewire" my brain.
These people are deceiving themselves and others. These are the new "Nazis". They need to be "watched".
We need to protect ourselves from their "dangerous" doctrine.

As far as I could tell, "pro cure groups" was just an expression for people, like myself, who would like a cure to be made available. If there are some ultra secret groups who's master plan of world domination requires the capture and forced torture and cure of aspies and autistics, then, I'd be against that, but nothing would make me happier than a cure to be made available.

No. I wouldn't rather have good social skills than other positive aspie traits. I CAN Get married and have a family, thank you very much. I'm engaged to a lovely Aspie. I think you make those claims based on the assumption that our prospective mates aren't on the spectrum.

I'd rather have good social skills and positive aspie traits.

Why is there so much focus just on the social aspect? Other than poor social skills, at least for me, there are many more disadvantages. Aspie interests, for example. I'd rather have the ability to take a mild/medium interest in a lot of things/subjects rather than have very intense interests in only a handful of things. Part of that, for me, is that my "Aspie Interests" are things I can rarely participate in. Imagine if your biggest interest was something you could only participate in a few times a year at most. My other main interest, I can only participate in once a month. This makes it very hard for me to learn new things because if I'm not hardcore interested, the information doesn't stick. This makes it very hard for me to get advanced at work.

I also have a high distaste for my heightened level of sensitivity. Having to wear sunglasses whenever I go outside during the daylight, even when it's cloudy out, hating going to formal events because the clothing required feels like sandpaper. The extreme discomfort when a schedule changes or my routine is disrupted. Having something planned that doesn't work out which leads me to be unable to think of alternative ideas/solutions. There are a lot more negatives than just "not being able to socialize." If that is the only one you experience, consider yourself blessed.