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I keep seeing these words 'cured' and 'recovered'. Would someone please explain what exactly is it that needs to be 'cured' or what I'm supposed to 'recover' from? On a more serious level I do wonder if this kind of 'recovery' is very much down to mis-diagnosis at an early age (I stress, this is just an idea off the top of my head - more than happy to be told I'm talking gibberish)(as per usual). At such a young age the brain is still developing so that could imply that it simply hasn't finished developing to 'normal' standards (term 'normal' used reservedly). In other words, the child never was autistic and naturally gets 'cured'...as there was nothing to 'cure' in the first place. The flip side could be as Caroline and Karen say - they don't 'recover', they learn to adapt, manage and cope. In a sense this can be seen as a 'recovery' but the 'cure' is cognitive rather than the underlying neurological structure being changed. In effect the 'problem' (term used reservedly) hasn't changed (i.e. the brain doesn't physically change) but the person has 'learned' how to fit in, how to respond etc. When are the 'experts' going to realise that you don't 'get better' with an ASD, you simply develop alternative approaches and strategies that allow you to better deal with the world. As way of a really awful analogy (and apologies in advance if I offend anyone - that's not my aim), someone born without legs isn't 'cured' of 'not having legs' by being given a wheelchair - they've simply been given a tool to better deal with their lack of mobility. The same applies to an ASD - you are what you are...and, over time, you get given and develop 'tools' to help deal with the world - that's not the same as a 'cure'. I'm an idiot and I understand this...so why can't professor types?

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