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intothemildtoday at 11:47 AM0 repliesview on HN

I'm autistic myself. I don't want a "cure" but I would like to have something that could help me reduce some of the harder aspects of life.

Right now I'm on anti anxiety drugs, which whilst mostly affective, have sided effects that kind of suck. I'm lucky my wife and daughter love me very much, and I've always been someone who wanted to push myself a little further to get outside or do new things.. mostly because my daughter is also autistic and I want to be a good example of "small steps" ... But it was so hard with no medication that I eventually had a full blown autistic burnout, where therapy, time off work, and eventually medication helped me get back to work.

Yes I want society to be more accommodating to us, but that doesn't stop the multitude of micro-aggressions I suffer daily just trying to navigate life, relationships, work, etc. If something could help remove those, I'd be forever grateful.

I do not however want the way my mind works to change.

Keep the positive, remove or dull the negative.