I Want Get People To Think About

When I Was Diagnosed, Mothers Were Blamed For Causing Autism. There Was No Autism Support. They'd Put Autistic Kids In Institutions. I Had Severe Autism. But My Mom Wouldn't Accept That. I Was Put In Speech Therapy. My Mother Was Always Pushing Me To Do Stuff.

All Children In The '50s Were Taught Manners, They Were Taught To Say Please And Thank You, They Were Taught Not To Be Rude. And I'm Seeing Some Problems Today Where Somebody's Losing A Job Because They Made Fun Of A Fat Lady That Couldn't Fit In The Elevator. I Mean That Was The Sort Of Thing That, When I Was Eight Years Old, My Mother Made It Very Clear To Me That That Was Not Okay To Say That Kind Of Stuff.

I Think Using Animals For Food Is An Ethical Thing To Do, But We've Got To Do It Right. We've Got To Give Those Animals A Decent Life, And We've Got To Give Them A Painless Death. We Owe The Animal Respect.

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.

These Diagnostic Profiles Like Depression, Adhd, Autism, Dyslexia, It's Half Science And The Other Half Is A Committee Of Doctors Bickering Over What It Should Be, And It Has Changed. It's Not Precise Like A Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis Would Be Very Precise.