All Animals And People Have The Same

Language Just Gradually Came In, One Or Two Stressed Words A Time. Before Then, I Would Just Scream. I Couldn't Talk. I Couldn't Get My Words Out. So The Only Way I Could Tell Someone What I Wanted Was To Scream. If I Didn't Want To Wear A Hat, The Only Way I Knew To Communicate Was Screaming And Throwing It On The Floor.

Mild Autism Can Give You A Genius Like Einstein. If You Have Severe Autism, You Could Remain Nonverbal. You Don't Want People To Be On The Severe End Of The Spectrum. But If You Got Rid Of All The Autism Genetics, You Wouldn't Have Science Or Art. All You Would Have Is A Bunch Of Social 'yak Yaks.'

And While We Are On The Subject Of Medication You Always Need To Look At Risk Versus Benefit.

Autism Is A Neurological Disorder. It's Not Caused By Bad Parenting. It's Caused By, You Know, Abnormal Development In The Brain. The Emotional Circuits In The Brain Are Abnormal. And There Also Are Differences In The White Matter, Which Is The Brain's Computer Cables That Hook Up The Different Brain Departments.

I Get Asked A Lot Why Cats Mess Outside The Litter Box. The Simplest Thing Is If You Have More Than One Cat And You Have Two Litter Boxes, Don't Put Them Right Next To Each Other.