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Why Do We Need a Cure?

Damojo

Topical these days is finding the "cause" of Autism with, one suspects, the goal of "curing" it or eradicating it. Would that make the world a better place?

How different is that from finding the cause and cure for being gay, being Black, being deaf, being anything other than white and "normal"? Why do the powers that be have such a desire to eliminate anything that is different from them? It's not new, of course; Eugenics has been around for quite some time.

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  • I think it's because they are hoping to find an expensive drug that they can "treat" autism with. I believe that many of the rich, including politicians, have shares in pharmaceutical companies. 

    Autism is seen as different from being gay or black because you don't need a diagnosis to prove someone is gay or black. But more and more of us are self identifying as autistic. Some people have an issue with that - in fact, there are some who will say that autistic people are just trying to get attention or get out of working, even if they have a diagnosis - but I feel that the more people who speak up about their personal struggles the better, as it may put more pressure on society to adapt to our needs.

    And also we need to remember that being gay used to be seen as something that needed to be treated - with horrific "treatments" - so hopefully autism will become more accepted in time as natural variation rather than a disease that could potentially be eliminated. 

  • in reply to Lotus
    Lotus said:
    you don't need a diagnosis to prove someone is gay

    Homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the DSM-I and DSM-II. Now one can just self-identify. I'm not sure there is a need to "prove" it.

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