Autism Is An Extremely Variable Disorder.

I'm A Visual Thinker, Not A Language-based Thinker. My Brain Is Like Google Images.

I Think The Mild Aspergers Have Always Been There. You See, Asperger's Diagnosis Did Not Become Common In The U.s. Until The Early '90s. And An Aspergers Has More Or Less Normal Speech Development And They've Always Been Here, That Hasn't Changed. I Can Think Back To When I Was In High School, This Is 40 Years Ago, I Could Name Kids In My High School Class And College Class That, Today, Would Be Diagnosed As Aspergers.

I Was Nonverbal Until I Was Four Years Old. Back In The 50s, I Was The Kind Of Kid They Used To Just Put Away In An Institution. But Then You Get The Milder Autism Where There's No Speech Delay, But They're Socially Awkward. Those Kids Were Around When I Was A Child. They Were Just Called Geeks And Nerds.

I Am Also A Believer In An Integrated Treatment Approach To Autism.

What I've Tried To Do Is Combine Both My Personal Experiences With Scientific Research. I Like To Cross The Divide Between The Personal World And The Scientific World.