If an ASD cure was made would you use it?

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.

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  • Each to their own but personally IMHO, I see nothing to cure.

    Am I diseased and dying from it? No. I am autistic. I see and react to the world and certain things differently to non-autistic people. I have zero social skills, yes, but I can learn and try to improve on them. Changes to my routine really upset me, it isn’t something that can be cured but I can try and take steps to ensure my routine doesn’t get interrupted and if it does, I take other steps to try and make sure I don’t get too overwhelmed by it. I have meltdowns and shutdown when things get too much for me. I try to avoid things that causes these to occur.

    That’s the problem with a lot of people who don’t understand us – they don’t understand autism.

    They spend so much time trying to cure us BUT if they took the time to get to know us they would understand what autism is, what it is really like and then they would see that there’s really no need for a cure.

    We don’t need curing. What we need is more understanding.

    Some understanding would go a long way. It would lead to more support for autistics young and old.

    Maybe one day. Hugging

  • The only thing I'd like is something to help me feel less tired - masking, concentrating in social situations, being useless at time management and trying to stay focused are exhausting and I'm fed up with falling asleep on the sofa at 7.30pm (before the football has even kicked off). Apart from that I wouldn't change anything. It's who I am, for better or for worse.

  • I agree with that. It is exhausting! What football team do you support? I support Wycombe Wanderers but also Chelsea because I grew up there 

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  • I agree with that. It is exhausting! What football team do you support? I support Wycombe Wanderers but also Chelsea because I grew up there 

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