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If an ASD cure was made would you use it?

Berlusconi

As the title says.

Yes I would!!! I just want to be normal and accepted in the world. Being ASD is tiring and not a lot of fun half the time. My time at school was awful from the start to end because I was singled out for being different, no one wanted to know me because of that difference and it's kind of like it in adulthood as well. I would give anything to change the way I am.

Parents

  • I would say yes for the following reasons:
    1 - it would remove the root causes of most of th discomfort and pain that I deal with daily through my heightend senses.

    2 - it would allow me to socialise without discomfort / distress and be able to integrate more seamlessly and not stand out as a weirdo.

    3 - I would no longer need to mask as much to be able to get things done day to day, saving energy.

    4 - a few of the other traits (emotional connectivity especially) require significant amounts of effort to manage and being able to do this naturally would help my life a lot.

    It is all academic of course because even if there was a cure, we would have to learn so much of what we missed out on when growing up and the chances to learn would be limited, leading to most of us remaining deficient in those skills.

    Also, how long would it take to reprogram ourselves f
    from a lifetime to coping techniques?

    An interesting thought experiment though.

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  • I would say yes for the following reasons:
    1 - it would remove the root causes of most of th discomfort and pain that I deal with daily through my heightend senses.

    2 - it would allow me to socialise without discomfort / distress and be able to integrate more seamlessly and not stand out as a weirdo.

    3 - I would no longer need to mask as much to be able to get things done day to day, saving energy.

    4 - a few of the other traits (emotional connectivity especially) require significant amounts of effort to manage and being able to do this naturally would help my life a lot.

    It is all academic of course because even if there was a cure, we would have to learn so much of what we missed out on when growing up and the chances to learn would be limited, leading to most of us remaining deficient in those skills.

    Also, how long would it take to reprogram ourselves f
    from a lifetime to coping techniques?

    An interesting thought experiment though.

Children
  • in reply to Iain

    My argument against this is if all those things were changed about you, would you still be Iain? That person you describe is already out there. This is a philosophical conundrum that is beyond my ability, but what I am saying is, if all these things happened would "you" still be there? I don't mean an airy fairy character change, I mean the you behind your eyes.