Do you really want a cure?

[2scoops]

Thank you 2scoops for the encouragement. And may you be blessed with the desires of your heart too bro. You bring so much here to this forum

Thank you!

 

[FLBear]

Interesting input from everyone. Now at age 50, I have finally been told that a majority of my "problem" is Asperger's. I'm an A

Well, I like me and my way of thinking about things, though sometimes things get overwhelming. The main thing that I would want "cured", only one thing, is my inability to read other people, to recieve and understand the non-verbal communication of our species. I've even read books on it but still can't see it.

 

[dudeman]

What is a proper definition of Aspergers..Is it a thing where everybody thinks its cool/cute that you have intense interests, and the conversation is off? Or is it a thing where people look at you fustrated/starteled and sort of yell out "your weird!" This is supposed to be inherited. Meaning it just keeps getting passed along. It is nice to have intense interests and passion about certain things, but if others don't take to you, that in most cases grows to be a problem.. Pray for a cure...

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

there are a lot of much worse things than having a dignoses.
so much worse that already the internet in the united states is seeing more and more censorship, as is publicized a lot about china and some other countries.
on the internet, servers and then search engines and then forums are censored more and more,
and monitored universally (every 15 minutes is common) by the world gov and world church to track 'disidents' and future 'problems'.

when you pray for a cure, realize it is already available for some, but won't be permitted for most until after the return of the Master Yahshua.

 

[Suzaku]

Honestly, I believe that Aspergians, and indeed all Autistics, are far more capable than given credit for. I had milder-ish symptoms most of my life. I had a wonderful systematic brain. Then, due to certain circumstances , things stopped mattering. I started deleting bits of info in my head. My communication was messed up, but I still remembered a lot, and had a lot of capacities that I wasn't supposed to. Things stopped mattering, as I had lost my sense of purpose. I re-found a purpose. I forgot the rest. Capacities.... Still miss 'em... Ach, well. I could never want a cure for something that could pretty much take care of itself if conditions were proper.



FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE, FASHIONED IN THE IMAGE OF A NEURODIVERSE CREATOR. AMEN, AND AMEN.

 

[amberlight]

Personally I have no wish to be 'cured' of being me. My whole way of being is ASC. It is how I see, hear, taste, touch and smell the world - through the brain design that I've been given. It is how I encounter people and understand them. It gives me a faster brain speed, more ability to see and process detail, it's allowed me to save lives through smelling gas leaks or hearing an oncoming vehicle that others didn't. If this 'whole of me' is just seen as some awful mistake, then I too am seen as just an awful mistake. I do not claim that my life is always easy, but neither do I think that 'easy' is how God wishes any of our lives to be. I learn through the challenge, I find God through the challenge. And He has been there for me.

If people can't love me as I am, what makes them think they'd be able to love me if I were different, effectively someone else completely?

Yes, I respect those who wish for a cure, but in the UK, our new learning disability report for our main church, "Opening the Doors", says that praying for someone with a LD or autism to be cured without their permission is a form of abuse. I think they have a point.

 

[Netbug009]

Yes.

I'm okay with aspergers, but not everybody is as blessed with such a low level of autism. We need a cure for the people who can't function on their own due to this disability.

 

[IDDQD]

No.

Granted, I've had a rougher life than most due to Asperger's, but if there's one thing I learned it's that I can never take anything regarding socialization for granted. There's a kind of appreciation I get from knowing that I don't take anything for granted when it comes to being with others. Everyday I have to practice how to communicate with other people, what to say and what not to say, how to act in certain situations, and so on and so forth.

I've reached a point in my life that nobody knows I have Asperger's unless I tell them, and when I do, they're usually surprised in the positive sense. I think it's because they have such a fatalistic outlook for those on the Autism spectrum, that or they associate everyone on the Autism spectrum as being low-functioning. I honestly don't know.

Despite my own weaknesses due to Asperger's, I know how to counter them with my strengths due to Asperger's. Practice makes perfect, and from my experience, everyday is a day to practice.

 

[dayhiker]

I have AS .. Not a bad case, but was recognized by others. I'd not want a cure. The way AS is manifest in my life gives me the impression that I have less issues than NT people.


dayhiker

 

[joris]

The way AS is manifest in my life gives me the impression that I have less issues than NT people.

wow... can you explain what you meant with, you having less issues?
Maybe we (or I, anyway), have been overlooking something you think of here?

 

[dayhiker]

Less issues ... to me when I look at NT people they often have issues with their emotions. While I am emotional, I find I can choose how I'm going to look at the world around. So when something bad happens I look to find a positive thing about it and that's how I view it. Example. I worked as a temp for this company for 9 m onths adn they didn't hire me or any of the other temps. Well, it was a real temptation to look down at the management. They even needed more employes. But I looked at them as giving me an oppurtunity to work some hours this summer and that helped to pay my bills. I do that with issue after issue.

dayhiker