I have pretty mild AS, and do I need a cure? No I don't need a cure. I function just fine as I am. Do I want a cure? That's a difficult question. I would like to not be so sensitive to stress, and to worry so much and notice every little negative thing there is to notice. I would like to not be so naturally awkward around others at times. Even though I fake it well, I still have awkward moments. I always have to try. I would like to be more physically coordinated. I would like to be able to see things in shades of grey, metaphorically.
What I would not like is for it to change my entire brain. I would like the rest of how I think to remain the same. I am 47 years old and thinking completely different would likely throw me for a loop, as it would anyone else.
Would I like there to be a cure, and a time machine so I can go back to my childhood and give it to myself when I was very young? You betcha I would! I would love to have grown up with a different thought pattern and sensitivities. I would love to be able to be more intuitive. I would love to have things come naturally to me without having to constantly try. I would gladly give it to myself then, because I wouldn't have grown up one way then suddenly become completely different.
If there were a cure and I had a child on the spectrum would I give it to them? Yes. In a heartbeat I would. I would want them to have an easier and happier life than I do. I always want my kids to have it better than I did, in every way. I try to make things better for them, every single day. So, of course I would give it to them if they had it. Not without their consent at this age, if they had it, but as a younger child, h*ll yes! I would give my right arm to keep one of my kids from going through what I went through growing up, and i only have it mildly.
If I had a child that was low or moderate functioning at the age they are now, and if a cure became available would I give it to them? Yes, of course I would.
I may get flamed to Timbuktu and back for that, but that's how I feel about it.
If I could cure my AS without changing who I basically am, but cure the stuff I do not like about it, in a heartbeat I'd want it. But do I need it? No, not at all. I'm doing fine as I am.
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