lauralot89:

I’m terrified.

I’m more frightened than I’ve ever been in my life, more than I ever thought was possible. More scared than I was before I graduated college, so afraid of failing at adult life that I considered suicide and extreme self-mutilation. More scared than I was in my…

I am really sorry that my post upset you.  It was absolutely not my intention to attack any autistic individual who wants a cure, if that was unclear.  I don’t care if an individual on the spectrum chooses a cure or is happy about the possibility of one.  That is entirely up to them.

This post was intended to express my worry about a cure being forced onto people, and to explain why, for any allistic readers, people in the autistic community may object to such an idea.  It was not intended to be shaming or upseting to anyone, especially those on the spectrum.  I’m truly sorry that my post hurt you.

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