Does anyone else feel this way? ((Warning: Apsie venting))

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Totally understand. That's exactly why I have mixed feelings about the whole "cure autism" thing. As much as I would love to use my abilities to the advantage of other people, and as much as I wish people in general would accept me for who or what I am, I would easily give up avery bit of what I am to be able to be "cured" and fit in with the rest of the world and be able to play their "game," if that's what it's going to take to avoid being pushed aside.

At the very least I wish I could help children who have similar problems as me, but for a multitude of unfair reasons imposed by paranoid NTs, I seriously doubt I'll be able to do that either.

So yes, I totally get it.

I can't tell you how many times I've felt the way that you feel. My mom and I have discussed how frustrating AS can be because people feel sorry for those with physical handicaps yet look down on people with mental handicaps.

Sometimes I feel happy about being who I am and sometimes I wish I were neurotypical. At first it was hard for me to accept that I was different, but my mom told me that there's no problem with my AS - If others can't accept it, it's them who have the problem.