Why Ant-Cure / Anti-Research Has Failed

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I'm biased with concern to autism speaks because a video made me feel lazy and bad about myself. However if it's not autism speaks the organization it will just be another doing cure type of marketing for research.

I feel that people are so big on "cures" because of media portrayals of autism... and that autistic shame is infused into autistics.

Don't get me wrong. There are autistics (low functioning) that need help... but it's my understanding that's it's a combination of autism and other things that cause a person to be low functioning.

The problem is politics here and other places makes scientist into the Nazi's and the only truth to be found is somewhere in opinions.

I'm a rebel. Why not be a rebel?

Can I just say something - if they give out medication for people with Alzheimer's which helps adds new cells to the brain, then what will happen if I took this medication? Will it add the cells what make you social to my brain? (The cells what are missing)

I think treating the symptoms that make life miserable is important. Both of my kids and I are on the Autism spectrum. I do do a lot of things to improve our lives. At some point it's not about a cure but about quality of life. Anxiety, ADD, GI issues(chronic diarrhea,constipation),inability to sleep, and immune issues(always sick), incessant allergy rashes are not part of the "autistic way of life" but are highly treatable. Nobody should be that miserable and how much worse is it if you can't speak well and you feel utterly miserable?

As for brain surgery that's extreme and being autistic isn't that big of a problem. If I wouldn't put myself through it then I won't put my kids through it. Parents are never given a positive view on Autism and the things they are shown are downright grim. Quite frankly treatments for Autism should NEVER be something the parent isn't willing to go through themselves. Would I take a cure for Autism? I don't know but I'll take a cure for all of the above.

Well that is social progress. A cure for hardship. Yes indeed we got thinking going on not the repeating of the horse, chicken and bull you know what.

I've had sleeping problems since very young. No medication really had helped other then a short while. I am told by multiple professionals that is common with ASD. Some would say well that's different from autism. It's the brain not being able to turn off an interest and also at night there is less sensory disturbances. These two factors can have influence on sleeping for those who are hyper-focused and have relevant sensory issues.

I'm done tired with those folks that want to make the autism the perfect thing and the bad things the seperating disorders. Don't even listen to them anymore. Horse pooh can fly to and it can be propelled with freedom of speech just the same. That's my contribution to the conversation.

^^^ can't hurt to ask the question and look into it! Thanks!

it seems that Donepezil(the active compound in the medication)

"Recent studies suggest that donepezil can improve speech in children with autism. The studies found that speech of autistic children who were mild to moderately affected appeared to improve from the use of donepezil"

but i havent been able to find any actual publications about this, just the wikipedia mention.
however i bet they can be found by someone in academia, i simply dont know how to look
so i did some reding where i could, it was really interesting.

it would be worthy of further studiy were this the case.

also it doesnt function by "growing new brain cells" perse.
it increases the amount of Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter used for a lot of functions in many animals, in humas it is present in almost all of our different nervous systems, in the somatic nerve system it is a primary actor.

the characteristics that make it effective against alzheimers is also present in THC

We are "weird". The world doesn't like "weird" people. As simple as that.

We don't have a different colour, we don't have a different religion, we don't have a different sexual orientation, etc., and if we do, it's not because we're autistic.

So what is autism for them? It's our "excuse" do act in a different manner. They just cannot accept that we're different. So if we someone weird is autistic, but makes a major effort to fit in, they say that he's okay, because he manages to fit in, more or less, but then they blame him for claiming that he's autistic, and "using" that as an "excuse" to be weird.

Face it, the world doesn't want us to be who we are. They want us to be like them, and if we manage to do it, they'll blame us for not being 100% like them. So I prefer not trying in the first place. The hell with them.

And yes, call me a loser, but like Black Flag sang, albeit in a different context - "we're fighting a ware we can't win".

We are "weird". The world doesn't like "weird" people. As simple as that.

We don't have a different colour, we don't have a different religion, we don't have a different sexual orientation, etc., and if we do, it's not because we're autistic.

So what is autism for them? It's our "excuse" do act in a different manner. They just cannot accept that we're different. So if we someone weird is autistic, but makes a major effort to fit in, they say that he's okay, because he manages to fit in, more or less, but then they blame him for claiming that he's autistic, and "using" that as an "excuse" to be weird.

Face it, the world doesn't want us to be who we are. They want us to be like them, and if we manage to do it, they'll blame us for not being 100% like them. So I prefer not trying in the first place. The hell with them.

And yes, call me a loser, but like Black Flag sang, albeit in a different context - "we're fighting a ware we can't win".