"While there is no cure for their condition [Asperger's Syndrome]..." *
There is no known cure for neurotypicals, either. If it is not vital that someone change, leave them at who they are. Just because someone is different from you, even if someone is different from 99% of the world's population, it doesn't mean they are "wrong." If they want to change, or if it is life-threatening, only then does this "cure" actually mean something. Cures are meant to heal ails, not to force people away from who they truly are. And while people on the autism spectrum are in the minority, does this mean that we need to convince them that they are bad, wrong, and evil for being who they are? Even for being different? When you think of the world as a whole, everybody is unique. And nobody should be forced to suffocate under a mountain of labels.
*http://www.suite101.com/content/20-facts-about-aspergers-syndrome-in-children-a105421
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