Also someone with autism here, and I would reject any 'cure' simply because autism isn't a bug in our human software, it isn't some aberration caused by a random mutation within the past millennia.
People with autism have always existed, we were the people who were touched by gods, whose stimming was seen as prayer, or as part of worship. Our rejection of certain foods became a sign that those foods were not to be eaten.
We became the changeling tales, of fae-like children who were different, who could be wonderful parts of a village's community. We were the people who innovated and expanded our arts and sciences through sheer hyperfixation.
The only thing that needs to be cured is the ill notion that we don't deserve to exist, that we must conform to an arbitrary definition of normality.
After all, we wouldn't exist if we weren't important and capable enough to survive through countless years of evolution.
Also someone with autism here, and I would reject any 'cure' simply because autism isn't a bug in our human software, it isn't some aberration caused by a random mutation within the past millennia.
People with autism have always existed, we were the people who were touched by gods, whose stimming was seen as prayer, or as part of worship. Our rejection of certain foods became a sign that those foods were not to be eaten.
We became the changeling tales, of fae-like children who were different, who could be wonderful parts of a village's community. We were the people who innovated and expanded our arts and sciences through sheer hyperfixation.
The only thing that needs to be cured is the ill notion that we don't deserve to exist, that we must conform to an arbitrary definition of normality.
After all, we wouldn't exist if we weren't important and capable enough to survive through countless years of evolution.