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>Through nutrition, detoxification, exercise, writing (and other autism-friendly forms of self-expression), reading (allowing me to alleviate loneliness in priv

by nemo 3y ago

>Through nutrition, detoxification, exercise, writing (and other autism-friendly forms of self-expression), reading (allowing me to alleviate loneliness in private, without distress), cannabis, change-catalyzing psychedelics, meditation, and practice, I’ve become much less autistic since high school and college. I estimate I now range from 30 to 98 percent more autistic than my peers, depending on the hour, day, week, and month; every symptom varies, I’ve learned, depending on sleep, situation, inflammation levels, cultural consumption, mindset, and hundreds of other factors. It was more than eggs an honey. Also looking into him a bit, he still seems very autistic despite being "cured."

go_elmo 3y ago
Curing autism is as ludacris as curing homosexuality. If you laugh now please remember this in 20 years and admit that you were wrong, thanks
- MonaroVXR 3y ago
  What is your view about AD(H)D?
  - go_elmo 3y ago
    The biggest issue people with adhd have (me included) is focus. Methylphenidate helps a lot with that as its mechanism is proven. It does however not change the "neurodivergent" thinking and processing. There still is a clear distinction from non-adhd ers - in all aspects of being, including communication. Many issues that make these things a "malfunction" are due to todays system of work and society. Not judging anything, but simply pointing out the huge diff between that and e.g. hunter-gatherer societies where we lived in at least 100x longer - the genotypes of adhd & asd established themselves over that periods in humans, compared to "disease" like trisomy 21 the rates are much higher too - its not a disease but a neurotype and most research agrees today. Humanity Profits from diversity in all forms, like all biological systems - it makes them more resilient (thats also used in ML btw). Trying to cure such things by making them dissapear is sick by design and often results in eugenics theories. I use this opportunity to say that "help" organizations like autism speaks that promote finding "cures" do a lot of harm - similar to conversion therapies for lgbtq people. Autistics should self advocate as much as possible, thats also the safest organisations to support. I must say that thats solely my opinion - many autistics also suffer a lot and would love to be healed - even if it means losing their personality, sufferings are real. I just dont think its realistic to implement such things until we understand tvmhe brain fully and could also e.g. change psychopaths, color blind people etc (not easy "fixes") Thanks a lot for asking and reading this!

by nemo 3y ago

go_elmo 3y ago

Curing autism is as ludacris as curing homosexuality. If you laugh now please remember this in 20 years and admit that you were wrong, thanks

MonaroVXR 3y ago
What is your view about AD(H)D?
- go_elmo 3y ago
  The biggest issue people with adhd have (me included) is focus. Methylphenidate helps a lot with that as its mechanism is proven. It does however not change the "neurodivergent" thinking and processing. There still is a clear distinction from non-adhd ers - in all aspects of being, including communication. Many issues that make these things a "malfunction" are due to todays system of work and society. Not judging anything, but simply pointing out the huge diff between that and e.g. hunter-gatherer societies where we lived in at least 100x longer - the genotypes of adhd & asd established themselves over that periods in humans, compared to "disease" like trisomy 21 the rates are much higher too - its not a disease but a neurotype and most research agrees today. Humanity Profits from diversity in all forms, like all biological systems - it makes them more resilient (thats also used in ML btw). Trying to cure such things by making them dissapear is sick by design and often results in eugenics theories. I use this opportunity to say that "help" organizations like autism speaks that promote finding "cures" do a lot of harm - similar to conversion therapies for lgbtq people. Autistics should self advocate as much as possible, thats also the safest organisations to support. I must say that thats solely my opinion - many autistics also suffer a lot and would love to be healed - even if it means losing their personality, sufferings are real. I just dont think its realistic to implement such things until we understand tvmhe brain fully and could also e.g. change psychopaths, color blind people etc (not easy "fixes") Thanks a lot for asking and reading this!