Autism Is An Extremely Variable Disorder.

I've Got A Lot Of Other People Who Do A Lot Of Things For Me, So I've Gotten To A Part In My Career Where I'm Doing A Lot Of Talks Because I Want To Get Kids Turned On. I Want To See These Kids, These Geeky Nerdy Kids, Go Out There And Do Something.

Us Visual Thinkers Like Me, Be Good At Things Like Industrial Design, Graphics, Art, Those Kind Of Jobs.

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.

My Life - Autism's An Important Part Of It, But It Bothers Me When I See Kids Where Autism And Their Autism Is The Only Thing They Think About. I'd Rather Have Them Think About, You Know, Some Art Work They Were Gonna Do Or Some Science They Wanted To Do.

One Of The Big Areas I'd Like To See A Lot More Research Done On Is The Sensory Problems, And It's Real Variable. One Kid's Got Sound Sensitivity; Another One Can't Tolerate Fluorescent Lights. I Can't Stand Scratchy Clothes.