Do you really want a cure?

[cobweb]

I've been thinking about this a bit because I've been seeing that video link to support Autism speaks everywhere.

Research is great. More therapies and treatments to make life a bit easier might be nice too. ....but do you really want a "cure"?

The folks who love those with Kanner's may feel differently and I have no right judge. I'm not sure how I would feel if my child was low functioning or non verbal.

I don't want a cure for Asperger's Syndrome. More importantly, my son doesn't want one and get really mad any time anyone implies he is somehow defective.

This isn't a disease like cancer or diabetes. Sure it makes life a lot harder, but it is an integral part of his personality. To me, wanting him to be "cured" is like saying that I don't want him.... but a neurotypical child in his body. He is not neurotypical and never will be.

Maybe I'm just crazy. I'm sure someone will come along and rip this to sheds.

 

[joris]

I don't really know -- it seems God's been trying to say, I should accept myself how I am, including the AS.
Like, some people praying and saying, calling me as special, unique ("unique" in a positive way, I have to remember for myself) -- not seeing that as a defective part of me (as I still tend to do, still)

Well... so I guess I try to say, it seems as if God is encouraging me to accept that; to see that as an answer to many "why"'s about, why things are difficult to me, but that I should accept myself how He meant me to be - and that AS is part of that, I guess

 

[Lena75]

Honestly, no, I don't want my son to be "cured" from his autism. Sure, therapy does make life easier yet, we as parents have learned alot about the "lower community" out there. To want to cure everyone is like not being able to accept those who are different from us "normal" folk. (If there's such a thing! ) I've come to SO many terms in my son's life with autism and I think it's made me a better person overall.

What would I do if he were all of a sudden cured? I'd probably go nuts and wouldn't know what to do.

 

[Sabertooth]

As an Aspie, there are definite "blindnesses" that I want cured, but I will do my best to cope with them as long as I have to.

I definitely want to see some kind of healing for my children who are more Kanneristic in their failure to mature.

 

[NicoleB76]

I love my son just the way he is, and I can't imagine him any other way. I wish we'd caught the earlier signs, he's 8 and going through testing now. And of course I wish things weren't always so hard for him, but that's how it's been for him since the beginning, so I have to think it's part of God's plan.

 

[RedTulipMom]

I wouldn't want my son "cured" because i love his personality and how sweet and innocent and kind and sensitive he is. He doesnt do alot of what other kids do, including alot of the misbehaviors. But i am told my son is unusual even for someone on the autism spectrum. he is very affectionate, OVERLY so. And he did start speaking after his 3rd birthday, but still has speech problems. If he was non-verbal or didn't like to be touched like many kids on the spectrum, I don't know if i would feel the same way or not.

 

[NicoleB76]

I wouldn't want my son "cured" because i love his personality and how sweet and innocent and kind and sensitive he is. He doesnt do alot of what other kids do, including alot of the misbehaviors. But i am told my son is unusual even for someone on the autism spectrum. he is very affectionate, OVERLY so. And he did start speaking after his 3rd birthday, but still has speech problems. If he was non-verbal or didn't like to be touched like many kids on the spectrum, I don't know if i would feel the same way or not.

My son is also overly affectionate, he'll hug or hold hands with almost anyone. Kind of scary sometimes how affecionate he is.

 

[markt1964]

As an aspie, I have to say yes... I would love to be cured... even if it meant no longer being the person I am.

 

[Kitourahime]

No.


Never a cure. I am a borderline aspergers(by which meaning that there is some debate over it.) and I never want to be cured. Why lose the rote memory? Why lose the musical ear? Why lose all that I am glad to have?

Besides, nothing can really be "cured". Except for life, of course. The cure to that disease is death.

 

[eatenbylocusts]

I want my dd to have friends and maybe even have a sleepover some day. So if she needs to be "cured", then yes. I want her to remain the happy-go-lucky person that she normally is, but I don't want her to go through life having a melt down all the time when things get difficult. I also don't want her to be alone when I die.

 

[gracechick]

I'm not totally postivie how aspie I am at this point, but my answer is YEs. I would love to be cured of the Social Phobia and feeling like I have to fight the anxiety and constantly be feeling like I am on guard in public. And I to be free of many of the Sensory Intergration problems would be such a blessing as I am awful at sports.
I would love to contribute financially for my family, but havn't found a job compatable with my symptoms that pays enough to pursue. We presently don't have the capital to start a home business which I have thought of.

 

[musikismylife]

I would not want my sister to be cured of her aspergers. It's a huge part of her personality and I don't think I would know her if she was somehow "cured". I would miss the awkward pauses in the middle of sentences or not knowing what to say lots of them time I love her just as she is. I wouldn't want her to change.

 

[2scoops]

This may upset sme people, but I believe ASD is a combimation of factors, but I believe a lot of these kids are being poisoned by toxins. I do not believe this is the way God had created some kids, but is the result of the fall of man, and Satan's lies.

I personally believe that if someone created a cure to remove these poisons and toxins from kids, than I am all for it. I believe we are taking the preciuos gift of God away from these kids by putting mercury into their small little bodies.

I am all about getting God's children healthy and to be what God truly created.

 

[2scoops]

I'm not totally postivie how aspie I am at this point, but my answer is YEs. I would love to be cured of the Social Phobia and feeling like I have to fight the anxiety and constantly be feeling like I am on guard in public. And I to be free of many of the Sensory Intergration problems would be such a blessing as I am awful at sports.
I would love to contribute financially for my family, but havn't found a job compatable with my symptoms that pays enough to pursue. We presently don't have the capital to start a home business which I have thought of.

I will pray that God will provide your cure. i believe with ALL my heart that you will fin help soon!

Keep up the faith and do not ive up hope.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Everyone may get to go his or her own way.

Those who don't want a cure, fine.

Those who want a cure, may have it now.

Cannel 11 stateline documentary aired 2 or 3 times in oklahoma and
the head of the autism board of the ama admitted the first potential cure for autism that he has ever seen. Licensed Doctors all across the country are secretly doing it TODAY.
(That documentary was 3 or 4 years ago).
Now it is all over the internet - as many testimonies and doctors and scientists and goverment people as you care to have FOR EITHER SIDE !!!!

The ones who have been cured, they don't want to be UN-cured.
The licensed doctors who have cured them, they're NOT ALLOWED TO.
It's a small miracle of grace and good timing that they were able to work together.


"You get what you look for" is a proverb, isn't it?

 

[gracechick]

I will pray that God will provide your cure. i believe with ALL my heart that you will fin help soon!

Keep up the faith and do not ive up hope.

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

 

[gracechick]

I have come across articles that state cures have been found for autism as well as other physical problems. It wouldn't be impossible that there are cures out there that havn't been publicised as the drug companies are so powerful and they know they would quickly loose their huge profits.
Also if researchers would consult each other I believe we could see many wonderful cures. But the lure of having one's name in the history books as well as patents seems to keep many of us (that could benefit greatly) suffering.

 

[Sabertooth]

While Kanner's autism clearly exhibits a high degree of dysfunction, Asperger's does not and is unclear whether it is truly a disorder or alternative neurology, like left-handedness.

I strongly desire a cure for that which is truly a disorder; my Kanner's children are clearly held in bondage by their condition. But my Asperger's has pros & cons. Whatever parts are dysfunctional, I truly want fixed, but if this is how God has intended me to be, asking for healing is in opposition to His plan and I should be looking for more ways to surrender my Aspergerian life [Rom. 12:1] to Him and His purposes [Matt. 6:33].

Even if it IS dysfunctional, my response can only be the latter, until He sees fit to heal and/or deliver me.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

that's right.
like watchman nee pointed out from God's Word, from the Bible simply;
do not pray too quickly to get well when one is sick,
pray rather for God's teaching or purpose through everything no matter how it looks.

I do not know what kanners is, other than some specialist title for something specific or general in medico circles.

I do know that it is very very hard, if it is even possible, to get to the truth through years of diagnoses and tests and procedures and guesses(more than anyone thought!!)...
starting in the 50's and 60's, the druglords took away the diagnostic tools and teaching that used to be available to health givers.
for example, the saliva and urine tests that for $15 told more than todays MRI were forbidden in medical schools and facilities in the usa.
these ways of testing are still available in canada, germany, britain, mexico, australia, and a few other countries (at least until this year or recently).
these natural ways of testing, still very inexpensive, scientifically test for substances and imbalances and electrolytes and chemical/biological relationships that show what is going on, or not going on, in the body.
a b12 vitamin deficiency is very common, but most people go 10 years until symptoms develop before finding out they have it, then often need or get the shots by prescription.
the simple and accurate saliva and urine tests developed BEFORE WWII can show the b12 deficiency or imbalance in the body 5 to 10 years before symptoms develop.
this is also true of mercury in the body, or cadmium, or fluoride, or exposure to chlorine(like is in tap water in most places and should be filtered out before bathing in it or drinking it)...
test, test, test (not as in invasive expensive sometimes painful tests, no, just find the healthy doctors with the ability to test even through the mail, yes, through the mail they can send the kits and receive them back and get better results than an MRI or other expensive tests)
makes it simple simple simple.... get it? test, don't guess.
if it is a 'normal' not unhealthy condition, the tests will verify it.
if there is an imbalance or toxin present, the tests will verify it.

don't guess, test. (especially for the children's sake - it won't hurt them at all, and could help them considerably)....

 

[Sabertooth]

I do not know what kanners is, other than some specialist title for something specific or general in medico circles.

There are two major types of autism, Kanner's & Asperger's. Kanner dealt with what we all refer to as "classical" autism and Asperger dealt with what we consider to be a milder form. Since they are both considered autism, I use Kanner's when I am trying to be more specific.