I lived 38-36 years of my life as a Neurotypical. Not because I am NT, but because I didn't think I might not be, so it wasn't a choice. I do not agree with the broad sweeping generalizations of the original post and subsequent posts; most of them are inaccurate and incorrect to some degree or another, and is another form of othering that just doesn't agree with me.
However, I can see why some people would want to be NT. I wanted to be more "normal" for a long time, and struggled to understand why it was so easy for "normal" people to do things, socialize, have friends, not care about certain things, or care about others that I couldn't care about...go on living without a hyper focus on how unusual things were, how they got away with not seeing obvious problems as if it wasn't a big deal, how they seemed to find it easy to fall in love and have happy family situations, etc.
It is a long list of things I wished I was more capable of that "normal" people did.
But if I was normal, I wouldn't have some of the things that I really like about myself. They wouldn't be as good if I were just "average."
I do not know what it is like to live with the lifelong Stigma Joe90 talks about. And I am irritated that such things exist. For some, it would have been better to not have been diagnosed, and I wish that the stigma that surrounds ASD wasn't there. But for others, like me, the idea of getting a formal diagnosis is something that will be liberating and a huge relief.
It isn't clear cut. And it isn't worth shaming others for wanting to be something else. We all have had that to some degree, and it isn't wrong to want something like that. So please, don't create a lot of misrepresentations of what being NT is to make it seem horrible to others. My experience isn't anyone else's experience, and so I can't judge others for feeling the exact opposite to what I do about their own personal identity experiences.