Hopeless

All we nonspeakers are eagerly awaiting the day when there is a cure for this terrible thing. It will be the 30 year anniversary of my diagnosis in March. It appears we are making zero progress. You have to wonder why. How can no progress in three decades happen? 

There are clearly many reasons ranging from “why should we cure autism when it’s a glorious thing” to “there is no increase in cases of autism” to “if we search for a cure we may find out something inconvenient, like what causes it.”  I understand that it is complicated, so I’m not downplaying that.  Yes, it is complicated but I cannot believe it is beyond medical science to at least come up with something to alleviate the worst of our symptoms.

Absolutely my worse symptom was catatonia, but my current worst symptom is brain fog. My friends suffer from a plethora of issues ranging from OCD to seizures. We are medical complexities which no one actually understands.

I am waiting for a breakthrough that may never come. To be very honest, I am not very hopeful.