I Know A Number Of Autistic Adults

I Can Remember The Frustration Of Not Being Able To Talk. I Knew What I Wanted To Say, But I Could Not Get The Words Out, So I Would Just Scream.

Steve Jobs Was Probably Mildly On The Autistic Spectrum. Basically, You've Probably Known People Who Were Geeky And Socially Awkward But Very Smart. When Does Geeks And Nerds Become Autism? That's A Gray Area. Half The People In Silicon Valley Probably Have Autism.

The Thing Is, Autism Is All Different, You Know, Variables. And You Start Out With A Certain Amount Of, You Know, The Point Where The Differences In The Brain Are Going To Just Be A Personality Variant And, Like, For Very Mild Asperger's. But You Get Into More Severe Kinds Of Autism Where There's Obvious Speech Delay, Obvious Abnormal Behavior In A Two And Three-year-old Child, You Know, The Initial Neurology Is Different From Case To Case. But All Children With Autism Are Going To Do Better If They Get Really Good Educational Intervention.

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.

People Wouldn’t Have Become Who We Are Today If We Hadn’t Coevolved With Dogs.