My message to an Autistic Curebie.

Disclaimer: no, I am not a curebie myself, but I believe that if the shoe, the word, and the metaphor fits, you should wear it. If it hurts, then kick it for all it's worth.

Difficulties? Are you capable of expressing your mind? Yes. Sensory difficulties? Develop an obsession with being a tough person, and believe that you ought to try, if the objection you have is pain related. It worked for me. Social difficulties? Ask questions if you don't know what people are talking about. If a person matters, then they don't want to hurt you. If they do, then they don't matter. All difficulties can be erased. I am for finding out what the erasers are. Including giving you a try to move off the Autism Spectrum if you so desire. Just, you wouldn't be outside ALL diagnostic criteria for ANYTHING, because I want to put all humanity inside those. :)

The main thing that I believe is central to Autism is: the name, the fixative quality, and the root of these. The fixative quality is central to the person, as is the root of this. The term and meaning of Autism is central to the current exact diagnosis. Autism comes from Autos which means alone. The non verbal impairment and special interests would have to remain, as well as their causes. However, you could retain the special interest, the causes, and choose to kick the butt of the classic conditioning that forcibly tricked you into believing that you couldn't communicate. What is the scientific basis for believing that an autistic can't learn communication? Science is always fallible. Why would Dr.s Kanner or Asperger go out looking for completely normal people with perhaps a few things that sort of resemble traits. If one friend does marry that guy, their traits are strong enough for an Asperger's diagnosis for several of their children, and if any are supposedly normal, I bet they'll at least be quirky.

Oh, and, the Asperger's coding is covered by the DSM V's Autism coding. Even PDD NOS.

You can, by the way, beat the communication thing by developing an interest in different types of human brains and different aspects of communication. Dude, that's no more than a stereotype that's just been validated a lot, without finding a way to challenge it. N-E-W-T-O-N was MORE validated. EINSTEIN took him off his hobby horse. Why don't you try it? Just find a way to sever your emotions from your thought. Boost your belief in yourself, because belief is necessary to avoid any semblance of failure. I'm willing to bet it can be done.

Among monozygotic (identical) twin pairs the concordance rate for autism ranges from 36% to 91%, with 60% being a widely accepted number (as far as I can tell, e.g. Bailey et al 1995 ). Obviously, if the twins were both being exposed to the same things, there must be something about personal development.

Do the fixative not belong in the same group, no matter how they communicate?

Do we deserve to be alone because of our mannerisms? NO!!!