Is an Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Curse or Blessing?

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some of us are not aspies.
from own view,it is not a blessing or a curse,it is a condition which has significantly shaped self and life.
the negatives dont come from being severely autistic,they come from the barriers,ignorance,discrimination,prejudice etc created by the majority group and also to a much lesser extent; the autistic community who shoud be supporting autists across the spectrum to have a good quality of life,not just fighting for high functioning autists and assuming we want to be spoken for by parents and pro curists.

autism is not a 'negative',it just makes life different.
those of us with severe or profound autism can have a very good quality of life if we have the right specialist support,living circumstances and understanding.
two profoundly autistic young adults living at our centre have great quality of lives;far better than mine due to having less autistic issues.
they enjoy what they do at our place, they attend a mainstream college and do voluntary work,one of them isnt on any medication at all-he also has a laptop and uses it and youtube independantly.
the same lad gets a lower quality of life however when he goes to visit his mum as she dresses him in a adult nappy so he can be left in front of his videos all day without having to go to the toilet,he is sent back to ours in a nappy which shocks the staff because he has no toileting difficulties, it then causes him issues integrating at our place again because he thinks he can stay on his laptop from morning till night like his mum leaves him.
he was very violent when he originaly moved in because he expected everything to be done for him,including things picked off the floor for him; he grew up having no speech therapy; instead his mum did everything for him which put no need on him to communicate,his mum had basicaly neglected him.

another profoundly autistic at ours who is on weekend respite;though in the attached wing;aka childrens, is fourteen and his mum has had her house adapted, she basicaly keeps him a prisoner.
he has a bedroom,and a toilet;he cant get anywhere else it has a door like a prison,she hands him food and tablets through the slit in the door and the walls are sound proofed so they cant hear him vocalizing.
he is fully able bodied but on the ocasion she took him out she puts him in a wheel chair and restrains him to it and also uses arm restraints.
he has never injured anyone,he isnt violent the worst behavior he does is forcing his way past people.
when he comes to our place he constantly wants to go out in the garden and go for walks as well,he loves going and its absolute freedom for him,am often seeing him trying to break the dining room window with his head as he is so desperate to get out.
the mum wont allow him to live at ours full time which woud give him a good quality of life.

I think it is mixed blessing and curse given the circumstances. Dealing with people who are more emotional than logical it is a curse.

It my artistic side of things it is blessing. I can paint people eyes like no one business and NT often comment on that.

The problem most people who are not on the spectrum sees it is as curse and not a way of being. If I was cured I wouldn't know what I will be other than a change person because it is part of me. Curing me is like cutting the arm off of my body. You are taking aspect of my being away. I don't the people who are trying to cure us get that.

as said by a very attractive co-worker:

"it's a blessing and a curse."

well alright then!

For much of my young life I thought there was something wrong with me because I was more reasonable, rational, logical, while so many others embraced emotionalism...
The irony was/is staggering...

I get very emotional when the world is unreasonable and illogical