If I Did Not Have My Work,

My Life - Autism's An Important Part Of It, But It Bothers Me When I See Kids Where Autism And Their Autism Is The Only Thing They Think About. I'd Rather Have Them Think About, You Know, Some Art Work They Were Gonna Do Or Some Science They Wanted To Do.

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

I Played Around With Vegetarianism Back In The '70s. One Thing, My Physiology Just Got To Have Animal Protein. I Get Hypoglycemic, I Get All Light-headed Unless I Eat Animal Protein.

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

I Had People In My Life Who Didn't Give Up On Me: My Mother, My Aunt, My Science Teacher. I Had One-on-one Speech Therapy. I Had A Nanny Who Spent All Day Playing Turn-taking Games With Me.