Are you curebie or pro neurodiverse?

[Calandale]

Just practice rocking in a corner all day long.

[Parts]

I'm for "curing" the severe cases of autism.  Even if this only brings them higher on the spectrum.  If a person is able to voice an opinion, then that opinion should be followed if possible.

The danger is that sets kindof a precedence.

If ASD of any 'extremity' becomes 'curable' then governments and medical authorities could co-erce people into having potentially life threatening procedures carried out under duress of having services and welfare removed.

"you want your disability allowance? Tough shit! Go and get your brain cut up, and become normal"

Then they tell you you no longer qualify for it  because your normal

Then again they don't even know what normal is really.  I look at it this way any type of training, therapy or even meds  that might help you get along better in the world is great if that is what you want but it should never be forced upon you and if it helps great.  As to being cured I always wonder what I would lose and who this new person would be.

[Lestat]

Calandale, I don't need to practice. I already do that.

[thomas81]

Then they tell you you no longer qualify for it  because your normal

Which would be the point entirely!

Then again they don't even know what normal is really.  I look at it this way any type of training, therapy or even meds  that might help you get along better in the world is great if that is what you want but it should never be forced upon you and if it helps great.  As to being cured I always wonder what I would lose and who this new person would be.

meds are never going to be a permanent changer. All they do is 'mask' it. We know that autism is caused by congenital differences in brain architecture. So to 'change' it would mean rearranging the furniture of the brain. What it boils down to is surgery, and I really hope that no doctor with a cintilla of responsibility would put someone in that kind of risk.

[odeon]

Why does it have to be either or? The neurodiversity crap is frequently voiced by people looking for excuses to not try to change or adapt. The curebie discussion is frequently added to the mix by these same people when their neurodiversity excuses aren't enough.

People are morons, dx or not.

I believe we've had this discussion before, here and on other boards.

[renaeden]

Have any of you read "Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon? Good story about autism and cure.

I agree with Parts, never know what I would be like if cured. Would I still be me or would I have a different personality?

At times I get so frustrated that I think a cure would be good but that is like spur-of-the-moment thinking.

[odeon]

I've read it. It's a good book, a good story.