I Am A Big Believer In Early

People Talk About Curing Autism. But If You Got Rid Of All Those Traits, Who's Going To Make The Next Computer?

You Can't Punish A Child Who Is Acting Out Because Of Sensory Overload.

What Would Happen If The Autism Gene Was Eliminated From The Gene Pool? You Would Have A Bunch Of People Standing Around In A Cave, Chatting And Socializing And Not Getting Anything Done.

I Was Nonverbal Until I Was Four Years Old. Back In The 50s, I Was The Kind Of Kid They Used To Just Put Away In An Institution. But Then You Get The Milder Autism Where There's No Speech Delay, But They're Socially Awkward. Those Kids Were Around When I Was A Child. They Were Just Called Geeks And Nerds.

If I Did Not Have My Work, I Would Not Have Any Life.