Get rid of my autism? What 5 autistic people said. 

Thank you to each of You who participated I value all the viewpoints!!

Whoa, Jenny...thanks for putting this together despite how misterable you must be feeling! Blessings to you and get well soon. 💖

That was fun,

Thank you, Jenny. It's a privilege to be part of a video that involves such thoughtful and resonant observations on autism and the world. Looking forward to hearing more autistic voices in the next collab video.

I think that for me autism is not a net positive. But I still don't want a cure because I would no longer exist if the autism was removed. So no.

OK. I didn't know your channel, it was never recommended to me. I saw Orion's post so now I subscribed! Autism cost me all my relationships, but no, I wouldn't take the pill since it would change the way I am thinking and destroy my analytical way of seeing the world. And I would never have met people like YOU! Greets from Germany!

Thank you for understanding. I definitely need to focus on the solution and not the problem. Looking forward to your next video

Hey Jenny, what an interesting question. How brave of everyone who participated! My answer is no....what fun would that be😊❤

That was a fabulous video! I know I said I was going to try to send a video in but in true AUDHD form l procrastinated. My job environment is overwhelming. There are days I wish it was easier so I wasn't apologizing for everything I do or say. No pill for me. I don't think I could handle NT relationships. I don't understand how they do it everyday. It doesn't make sense to me. I would rather be me.

Excellent collab Jenny! I really enjoyed hearing everyone's opinions and reasons. I'd have to say no to an autism pill, but yes to a pill that enables my mind to reframe negative thoughts so that their rigidity diminishes. I hope that makes sense! 😊

New fan & sub 😃 Binging on your vids ever since Orion mentioned you! This is an excellent topic, much food for thought here. Side note - you have the nicest natural complexion I've seen in a long time 😊

Thanks for you video. 🙏🇹🇹

Hi Jenny ! I hope you get better very soon, it looks like you're really in pain ! It's nice to hear new people ! I agree with everybody ! It sounds like we're all watching a different small side of the same big thing and all together, we can describe a bigger picture. It would be interesting, in the future, to hear people with more difficulties' opinions. Wishing a nice weekend to all of you !

Of course NOT, i do not want to loose the understanding and connection I have with grandma

I think I would take the pill, assuming no side effects. The main reason is that autism and schizophrenia make it hard to follow my special interest in a career due to executive dysfunction. I also hate my meltdowns and I’ve never been able to control them effectively. If I could gain emotional control for the first time in my life I would be so happy! I don’t know how much my executive dysfunction would improve without autism but I think it would be a significant amount that will probably allow me to do much better with my job.

Enjoy the content. The RU-vid algorithm really likes to push the videos that are 8 minutes and longer.

I’ve always felt a connection to the x-men, and it’s a great metaphor for marginalized groups. There is a movie where they can “cure” the mutants of their x-gene and it create a lot of interesting complex questions. Personally I think if people were educated properly about autism and accommodating and understanding of the challenges autistic people face, this question wouldn’t come up, but I am also lower support needs, and deal with constant guilt about my meltdowns and may not answer this question in this same way in a burnout, but personally I’d rather try and make the world more understanding of autism as most issues that autistic people face are due to having neurotypical standards enforced on them.

I don't know, I've never been neurotypical. I'm curious to see what all the hoopla is about, but I wouldn't want to be permanently in that state being.

I couldn't imagine what would be on the other side of taking the pill. What would I be without autism? But, many days, I would take the pill.

Wow I loved this- and I agree with everyone- it depends on the day, but I wouldn’t want myself changed, just the stigma. Great video!!

Very good discussion!!! I don't think our world needs to fix autism necessarily. I see it as more of everyone is a computer - some of us are Apple Macs (neurotypical) but others are Windows based (or maybe even some Linux or Unix) and in the realm of Windows we have Microsoft systems, Google systems, even Android devices. We can all accomplish many of the same goals (but some of us have more memory or faster processors) and each one of us has great value and great potential if given optimal operating conditions. These differences make us neurodivergent. IF we are educated about it we are able to function (work) together in a way that minimizes frustrations to each other. It requires more patience, kindness and ability to help each other be successful at the task at hand. Neurotypicals can imagine if they landed on another planet and the inhabitants looked like them but the things they said and did to relate to these inhabitants made them raise their eyebrows in question of them even though they were perfectly capable but did things differently because their pathways in their brains were operating similarly yet differently. My experience with generally average to high IQ ASD people have shown me to never judge because what you think you see is not always what you get! Got to keep aware of different perspectives and how we should all work together to make a win-win situation whenever possible!

I love and hate myself at the same time but i dont want to lose my identity. And yeah my strong skills would be gone along with my autism...i dont really want to be like other people...i would simply like to be able to interact better

Those photos are so awesome

I'll turn on my notifications. When I found your channel I was like Yay a community where I can make friends. Then I got distracted by life so I had to work more and I forgot. Please don't stop making videos. Can you do a video on making friends? I'm a 36 year old black female in the south. I struggled making and keeping relationships after high school.

No, I wouldn’t take the pill because thinking about it I would be afraid I would become like everyone else and go along with things like the general NT mass of people do. I highly value my ability to think as an individual and see the world as I do. I do see beauty where NT’s see nothing! I have an ability to feel a joy just for being alive it seems they do not. If we flip it around and look at what NT’s can’t do maybe that will give another viewpoint. Listening to a documentary about how we wouldn’t have the world we live in now with electronics and Nasa innovations and so much more without Autistic people that would be awful in my opinion. It has it’s challenges for sure like being misunderstood so much. But I think it would be worse to be so vulnerable to rejection that I molded myself to whatever other people wanted just to be accepted. I can’t see a happy world for me without what I know of as special interests now either. I know some NT’s have hobbies I guess but most I know don’t and their worlds seem so boring to me. Yet, they are always striving for something they don’t have. I am recently diagnosed and more thankful now than ever for seeing the world as I do! I think I am thankful that this world hasn’t been able to smash me into its mold and make into whatever it wanted me to be basically because I just never understood the messages sent😂. I think being Autistic actually saved me from being squished into a mold of someone else’s ideas of who and what I should be. So there is that benefit of having the communication “problems” in my opinion. Sorry if this is too long or confusing! Thank you for the videos Jenny!

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