I wouldn't say 'I love me' but I definitely wouldn't want to be cured!
I'm me, I've been me for 25 years, and if I got rid of my AS traits I wouldn't be me anymore. I'm used to being me!

My answer will forever be 'no'

Nah, that just sound nazi. I don't think curebie parents say that directly.

Even if they could cure AS, which I doubt would ever happen, I would not want to be cured of the way I am.

they might imply it though.

I would. The fact I have been to the Doctor's many times is proof of this. On my days off I am happy being different, but at work being able to 'fit in' would allow me to be better off and more independant. Knowing that is unlikely to happen is difficult to accept at times.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't want to be cured either. Because of my AS, I'm facing homelessness in a matter of months... maybe weeks. I can't hold most minimum-wage jobs; I can't drive; and now I can't get any more loans to stay in school.

But... I'm me. I want to be who I am, not somebody else. AS isn't like depression or schizophrenia... it isn't a mental illness. It's a neurological condition, and that means it's part of the basic structure of my brain. It's part of who I am--not all of me, sure, but a significant part, and connected to every other part. If I changed that, I'd change who I am. The one thing I've fought all my life to keep--through bullying and abuse and cults and this current problem with money--is my own identity. When I was a little kid, and they tried to change me, I fought back... Sometimes they forced me to do what they wanted; but there was always a part of my mind that withdrew and kept me sane, kept my personality intact, kept me making my own decisions and holding my own values and beliefs.

If I gave that up... I wouldn't be myself anymore. It would be like dying.

That's probably where I'd get really nasty and say something like "I challenge you to an IQ test."  When you get a diploma, it usually has a second copy in the form of a small laminated card.  I guess I'll have to start carrying the one from my master's degree around in my wallet, and if somebody gives me that "your brain is broken" crap, I'll just show them that and say, "Okay, let me see you earn yourself one of THESE!"  (I figure if somebody tells me my brain is broken, I've got the go-ahead to act like a snotty prick and fire back at their self-esteem.)

Callista, I hate to hear about that.  Maybe it's time for you to use this site for some networking.  (Maybe elaborate on it in the Work Issues forum.)  You're one of the most interesting posters here.

I would never want to be "cured", cure? hah! more like GIVE me a disease, the disease (sadly non-terminal), of neurotypicality

Has anybody ever been told to just act 'normal' by someone who thinks that all people with disorders are attention seeking? --i hate these people, they simply do not wish to understand us.

Yes, all too true unfortunately.