My Advice Is: You Always Have To

Sometimes You Have To Go Outside Your Field Of Study To Find The Right People.

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.

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.

Fear Was My Main Emotion Until I Started Taking Anti-depressant Medication. And I Was One Of The People Where, As I Got Older, The Fear Got Worse And Worse. So I Can Really Relate To An Animal Getting, You Know, Scared And Traumatized.

The World Needs Different Kinds Of Minds To Work Together.