You Get These Fear Memories That Are

You Can Tame Feral Cats, But You Are Never Gonna Get Them Like A Cat That's Been Socialized At A Very Young Age.

In The 50s And 60s, Kids Were Taught How To Shake Hands. They Were Taught How To Have Manners. There Needs To Be A Lot More Of That Kind Of Stuff Because The Autistic Mind Doesn't Pick Up Social Things And Subtle Cues.

I Think Sometimes Parents And Teachers Fail To Stretch Kids. My Mother Had A Very Good Sense Of How To Stretch Me Just Slightly Outside My Comfort Zone.

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 Most Important Thing People Did For Me Was To Expose Me To New Things.