There is no cure for autism or aspergers

I have heard numerous people say that there is a cure for autism and aspergers.  There was someone that I worked with that asked why I was not social and I explained to him about my asperger's and told him that socialism is a huge downfall and he told me that one of his friends sons had that and they prescribed him with xanax (zanex) and he was cured.  Well that may have helped with his social anxiety but that is just one aspect of the syndrome.  David was misdiagnosed twice before they finally diagnosed him with asperger's.  They first diagnosed him with ADHD (inattentive type) and dyslexia.  David is a great reader going into fourth grade and reading at nearly a 7th grade level so i don't believe the dyslexia, as far as the ADHD we tried three different medications that was supposed to help right away, with the first and third one it made him very irritable and violent and he was never a violent kid, with the second one he said he was seeing things like the stop sign singing and dancing and pictures on the walls that weren't there (hallucinating) so we quickly stopped all of those.  There was a fourth treatment that they said we could try but it takes a course of six weeks to start working and if it didn't work you would have to slowly ween them off and my wife and I both agreed that we did not even want to risk it.  That's when we finally begged them to test him for asperger's in which after about a 6 month wait we were finally able to get him in for the 4 hour testing and it was then realized that he had aspergers which gave us a reason why the medications weren't working.  They told us the best things to do were occupational therapy and behavior modification therapy and we quickly got him enrolled in both.  He still likes to blurt out things that aren't appropriate without thinking but he sort of realizes now that they are inappropriate and with the Occupational Therapy it has helped with his writing, sports and gave us ways to help him stimulate his body other than spinning and throwing himself on the ground.   Jenny McCarthy claims that her son has been cured due to taking things out of his diet but I don't believe that either.  I'm not sure all the facts behind McCarthy but food allergies and intolerance can affect a person and I'm not sure of the severity of her sons autism.  We tried cutting gluten out of David's diet and did that for about 4 months but there was no change to his behavior or coordination so we agreed to let him have it because of his allergies to milk and eggs it was difficult enough to find food that he can have.   There is not one magic pill or one simple solution or brain probes that can cure autism or aspergers and so many people (mostly ones with no knowledge of the condition) believe that there is.  There are ways to cope with it and help curb it a little but the worst thing you can do is give your child pills (drugs) to "help" them because they won't help but instead would most likely make them miserable because of the side effects.  Instead of medicating you should try alternate means such as Occupational Therapy, Behavior modification Therapy and herbal supplements.  We give David Pedi-active to help him concentrate in school along with fish oil and gummie vitamins all which are natural substances with no negative side effects and if you miss a day there are no withdrawal symptoms.  Herbal teas such as mint and chamomile are good for relaxation.  The other thing that i believe is that if the child is able to cope with the syndrome then why should we cure it, that would just make the child (or adult) have to learn a new life with learning and making friends.  Hopefully this will help squash any myths of curing autism or aspergers.