Jehovah's Witnesses with ASD

NAS15840 said:

The effects of ASD can be coped with, but they can’t be removed, as much as I’ve learned to cope, to deal with things and make something out of life I still and always will have ASD, nothing can teach that out of me.

I'm unsure as I'm open to the possibility that ASD are curable as they have not been PROVEN to be genetic or incurable.

I know how to profile, read body language, understand how to respond in certain situations

Where did you learn about it from?

I think that those at the higher functioning end of the ASD spectrum can generally sort their own lives out, we should help ourselves. I’m not saying that we should be thrown to the wolves, but there is a huge amount of information and assistance available online, books which teach coping mechanisms etc. It’s not that there should be no help, it’s the level of help, too many people seem to want everything handed to them, for taxpayers to provide for everything. We have to play the hand we’re dealt, sure would life have been easier if I didn’t have ASD, almost certainly yes, would have it been easier if I was diagnosed at school, almost certainly yes, but I can’t change the past, I have to deal with the now. I’ve found ways to deal with the major downsides of my ASD, there are people in far greater need than me, the taxpayer funds should go to them first, I don’t need state assistance, my friend’s son who has severe ASD will need care his whole life, I wouldn’t want to take anything away from him or seem him denied so I could have something I didn’t need or could provide myself.

If that's your attitude then it provides a damn good reason for the NAS to get out of AS and high-functioning ASD altogether and concentrating on providing schools and care services for people at the more extreme end of the spectrum rather than cruelly deceiving people with AS and high-functioning ASD and their families they have something to offer when they damn well don't. It upsets me to know how many people with AS and high-functioning ASD have wasted time and energy with the NAS because it's what the education system or the NHS recommended to them.

Could you name any of these books which teach coping mechanisms?

NAS15840 said:

The effects of ASD can be coped with, but they can’t be removed, as much as I’ve learned to cope, to deal with things and make something out of life I still and always will have ASD, nothing can teach that out of me.

I'm unsure as I'm open to the possibility that ASD are curable as they have not been PROVEN to be genetic or incurable.

I know how to profile, read body language, understand how to respond in certain situations

Where did you learn about it from?

I think that those at the higher functioning end of the ASD spectrum can generally sort their own lives out, we should help ourselves. I’m not saying that we should be thrown to the wolves, but there is a huge amount of information and assistance available online, books which teach coping mechanisms etc. It’s not that there should be no help, it’s the level of help, too many people seem to want everything handed to them, for taxpayers to provide for everything. We have to play the hand we’re dealt, sure would life have been easier if I didn’t have ASD, almost certainly yes, would have it been easier if I was diagnosed at school, almost certainly yes, but I can’t change the past, I have to deal with the now. I’ve found ways to deal with the major downsides of my ASD, there are people in far greater need than me, the taxpayer funds should go to them first, I don’t need state assistance, my friend’s son who has severe ASD will need care his whole life, I wouldn’t want to take anything away from him or seem him denied so I could have something I didn’t need or could provide myself.

If that's your attitude then it provides a damn good reason for the NAS to get out of AS and high-functioning ASD altogether and concentrating on providing schools and care services for people at the more extreme end of the spectrum rather than cruelly deceiving people with AS and high-functioning ASD and their families they have something to offer when they damn well don't. It upsets me to know how many people with AS and high-functioning ASD have wasted time and energy with the NAS because it's what the education system or the NHS recommended to them.

Could you name any of these books which teach coping mechanisms?