Autism Is An Extremely Variable Disorder.

A Cat Can Be Social, But A Dog, We've Bred This Hyper Social Animal That's Really Truly Different And Will Do Stuff For Us Just To Please Us With Praise And Stroking.

The Most Important Thing People Did For Me Was To Expose Me To New Things.

Social Thinking Skills Must Be Directly Taught To Children And Adults With Asd. Doing So Opens Doors Of Social Understandings In All Areas Of Life.

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.

If By Some Magic, Autism Had Been Eradicated From The Face Of The Earth, Then Men Would Still Be Socializing In Front Of A Wood Fire At The Entrance To A Cave.