Aspies For Freedom

Is there any definition of "cure of autism"?

While we're at it,

Is there a definition of "God"?

A cure would mean genetic alteration or brain surgery designed to give people a "herd instinct".

As this would completely alter the persons personality, it would be the equivalent of killing the person and replacing them with an NT lookalike.

The other type of cure would be prenatal testing with a view to abort autistic children. In this case, the autism would be "cured", as it would no longer exist.

And either one would make the perpetrator 'God' to the victims' 'mortal' (very mortal....)

A cure would be a means of rewiring the brain to be "normal" or NT. It doesn't matter about abortion, autism will still occasionally occur, like down syndrome. Of course, if there was a cure, we could hide.
I guess God is a being that we believe created everything. Seems kind of a random jump, though. It's ok, we're all aspies or auties

Perhaps when some speak of "cure" they seek to have their cake and eat it too -- keep the good stuff, but not the bad.  I don't know. As for definitions of God, there are a lot of them. I suppose anyone who has a sense of something beyond their personal material existence has some sense of godness.

yep. i think you've captured the essentials there, EvilZakkie.

Just to be an aspie nitpicker... this isn't a definition of cure. but it is an implication (a moral/political implication) of any practical interpretation of 'cure' that accepts that those of us who can't 'do herds' are ill, inadequate or unacceptable people.

/michael

How would we know whether what we experienced was "God"?

How would we know whether what we experienced was "cure"?

heyy erkolos - you have to be joking, right?! ;-)

but seriously... i'm sure that there is an experience of 'god'. many experiences of 'god'. many people who experience 'god' in many ways. i have experiences of a 'space' of energy and presence way beyond myself and other physical humans, which is kind-of in a rather wonderful and precious part of my mind and at the same time quite beyond myself; and i'm pretty sure that this kind of experience is what people are speaking from when they speak of 'god'. as it happens, god is a term i rarely use, and I would not normally use it to speak of this experience. but when people do speak of god, i usually give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that it's this generous and loving presence that they're referring to; at least, until they say something crap about (capital-G) God's vengeance or God's judgement or being God's chosen ones. then i just have to shrug: that's their problem, and i hope they really find the loving place within/without themselves one day. if they don't it just stores up trouble for all of us.

so:
experiences of god :-)
definitions of god :-(  
anything about mr i'm-watching-you-and-if-you-step-out-of-line-i'll-fry-you-with-lighting GOD... run for cover!!!

/michael

I might be an atheist, but I don't really want to attack religion now. Sorry if he showed off some religious ignorance.

sorry erkolos, you might have misinterpreted my response above... i wasn't criticising your question. it's just that it's sooooo biiiiiiig, and so many thousands of hours have been spent attempting an answer! that's why i thought that your question must be ironic, kind-of tongue-in-cheek (i hope my colloquial english is ok for you?)

'religious ignorance' isn't something that i ever would accuse anybody of. there are just differing degrees of openness to spiritual experience?

bw
/michael

No problem.