Bet it is dutch.

Ja, het is nederlands. (Yes, it's dutch)

I would say that autism includes both abilities and disabilities. I think that it is an oversimplification to say that it is just a disability.

I'm not sure if there is any better way to explain that. It makes sense to me to say "trying to "cure" autism (or change any neurotype into another, for that matter) is unethical because it would be destructive" (at least, assuming that the only "cure" would be surgery, which seems likely to me).

I agree.

Lemme give a shot at a better explanation.

The thought of a world without autism, equals a world without autistic people - which is not, to say the least, an appealing thought to those of the neurodiversity movement.

... If I manage to add abit of rhethoric to that point it would be magnificent!

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Neurodiversity for me is having regular people be more aware.  Awareness of the need for individuality and that each person is unique i slacking.  MAny of the ills and unhappiness in society can be traced to unreal expecatations on large groups of people to act in concert. Sameness brings suffering to many a soul.  Having a respect for neurodiversity and believing and accepting that each person has something to offer just by being who they are can bring more happiness into the world.  A happy people are an innovative people and the more people that are thinking or working or interacting differently the better the world will be in the long run.
Group think is shortsighted and leads to failure
Diversity is big picture success

I liked that one.

Ivar T - It is spooky how identical you look to how I still think of my brother - (He is 39 now) but for many, many years - he looked just like you!

Someone wrote something like that before, I don't remember if it was you.

From my perspective, the difference between NT people and people within the Autism-spectrum is has to do with how and to what degree a person is pre-wired. NT people seem to have a lot of pre-wiring that is lacking for people within the Autism-spectrum. The consequence of this is that within the Autism-spectrum lack many of the skills and instinct that NT have from an early age on, but they are able to learn these skills and overcome their lack of pre-wiring if they're sufficiently intelligent. In some cases and in some areas they can even overcome the skills of most NTs, because pre-wiring also means conventional thought and conventional thought isn't always the most efficient.

I also have that idea of autism, and would also say that because autistic people lack the pre-wiring and/or instincts they are much more intellectually challanged throughout life, hence often become more intelligent in several areas.

You can't become more intelligent, but you can become more skilled. Intelligence is something you're born with.

Better at problem solving then.