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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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My cousin suffers autism. He is in his forties and is entirely nonverbal. He depends on his aging parents to survive: he can't go grocery shopping, he can't bathe himself, he has never had a romantic partner, and I don't have to explain that he can't get a job either.
His mother abandoned her career decades ago to become his full-time caretaker. She hasn't had a real vacation ever since because my cousin only feels comfortable around his parents.
I sincerely hope life doesn't force you to become the caretaker of an autistic child.
Autism isn't curable because it's not a disease. It's a difference in brain development. You can no more cure it than you can cure ADHD or being transgender.
What you can do is provide a child support. Autism is a spectrum, and some children will need more support than others. Early-childhood behavioural and communication therapies can make a massive difference in the long-term prognosis for a child with autism. Different educational approaches can also help quite a bit. This isn't going to solve the problem for every single child, but the outlook for people with autism is significantly better than it was in the 80s.
I absolutely refuse to put another human being on a dying planet, so no need to worry about that. Regardless, if I do somehow end up with a child, I'm fully on-board to support them no matter how they turn out.