If you could cure your disabled child, would you?

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There was a documentary about a child who was going through surgery to remove a very large growth on his face. After the surgery was over and his mother saw him she was upset because he looked different. It was not the face of the child she had loved and cared for. Instead it was looking at a strange face. Some said she was selfish but I understood where she was coming from and why she mourned the loss. As the mother of an autistic child I have grown to love her as she is. It hasn't always been easy. There have been struggles and there still are, although she has progressed. I wonder how it would be if she woke up one morning with no disabilities. Would I recognize her? Would she lose her photographic memory? Would I like this new person? If I had a choice I would do what is best for her but I would still mourn the loss of the daughter I have loved.