Is autism a "disease"? And so, do you think it should be "cured"? Today, I thought about these questions by reading a post (which told us that by following his way autism could be cured completely!) on Twitter. If so, "who" determined it must be such a bad phenomenon enough to be called a "disease" or "illness"? Of course, autism can mean a sort of extraordinary character in our brains by its definition. So, some people tend to think that they want to get closer to being normal, so-called neurotypical people. However, I want to ask them about this. "Who" can judge autism itself as good or bad? In other words, "what" does the meaning of "curing" autism? Is that cure necessary thing?
At least, it seems there are two ways to face autism. The one is to try to "cure" it literally (even though I can't tell what the concept of "cure" can mean). Another is to give up that idea of curing, and start "caring" autism as our lifelong illness or handicap. I choose the latter attitude, which enables me to "care" autism even as a precious, unique character (cynically, I might call it "my beloved handicap").
Should we try to "delete" autism from our brains, or give a certain place (a sort of citizenship or value) to it? That's a question... One of the reasons why I choose to keep caring about autism even preciously although it can provide various troubles actually is because I never want to deny the unique value of THIS character or THIS personality (yes, THIS essence in me that enables this typing). Therefore, if someone like Morpheus from the movie "The Matrix" appeared in front of me to let me choose whether I could delete autism or not by taking a pill, I would ask him this... "Do you have such a God-like right enough to make me decide that choice?"
Of course, all I have written above is simply MY answer to this question. You can think about this (or, you can even DENY to think this because of its too-nonsense, too-rude content). I just answered this to show my attitude about autism. Yes, in a way, I EVEN choose to surrender literally to a fate of mine that orders me to live as an autistic person... However, it can mean I will be able to live freely within this limit as I want, and EVEN try to think of this autism as a gift from something.
