Talking about cures, many autistics find the idea of needing curing to be offensive. There's no reason why an autistic state of being is necessarily a lesser one and needs to be 'normalized'-- no more than multiples should be forced to become single. It's true that autism can have problems associated with it which make functioning difficult, just as multiples can also have system issues which interfere with day-to-day life. The solution is not to attempt to make the autistic person non-autistic, though-- that would amount to taking away a very fundamental part of their identity. Rather, they should be helped to develop their unique skills, and given assistance with daily living issues if they need it.
Even if we had been able to split ourselves, I'm not sure if we could ever have become totally non-autistic. The best we've ever been able to do is to mask it. A lot of things like sensory issues just seem to be hard-wired into the body, and there's not much anyone can do to dodge them.
Check out http://www.autistics.org/ for more information on autism, if you're curious (the "Autism? What is it?" page is a good starter).
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Date: 2005-03-17 06:10 am (UTC)Even if we had been able to split ourselves, I'm not sure if we could ever have become totally non-autistic. The best we've ever been able to do is to mask it. A lot of things like sensory issues just seem to be hard-wired into the body, and there's not much anyone can do to dodge them.
Check out http://www.autistics.org/ for more information on autism, if you're curious (the "Autism? What is it?" page is a good starter).