The Kids Who Beat Autism
But what exactly constitutes "beating" Autism? Is this actually desirable?<p>I was diagnosed with Asperger's in the mid-90s. I wrote about the experience anonymously for Boing Boing at one point[1].<p>But the TL;DR is that having lived in both "worlds", the experience of being "cured" was not worth it. The emotional costs were much too high - I just traded ASD for PTSD. I used to be a happy kid with few friends who tinkered with computers. Now I'm a very social guy who will shake your hand, look you in the eye, ask all the right questions to make you feel special. And I'll be miserable the whole time.<p>[1] <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/01/05/pedagogyofthedepressed.html" rel="nofollow">http://boingboing.net/2013/01/05/pedagogyofthedepressed.html</a>