Now that I find myself "out" (of the box at least), just for the record - my mom was never a "refrigerator" and last time I checked, I wasn't one either.

There is no cure for autism, but ASD people do learn to present a set of symptoms that are more acceptable to the "rest" of society.

In a perfect world, however, ASD people would not have to fear being "magically erased" by a cure or having their life's work (i.e. achieving social acceptance) threatened by a raft of "scientific" opinions.  As someone on this site so eloquently put it - magic erasers not only remove the marks, they take some of the color out of the paint as well.

My son is still wondering why he can go to other people's parties and have fun, but no one even bothers to show up at his.  Does science have an answer?

Check out Garth Brooks - "The Dance."