I Look At The Successful People That

You Take Somebody - One Person Has Definitely Got Autism, You Got Another Person That Maybe Has Some Of Those Traits And Maybe There's Some Anxiety, Depression, Some Epilepsy Or Something In The Family History. Put Them Together, You're More Likely To Have A Severely Autistic Kid Than If You Don't Have Any Neurological Problems In The Family History.

People Need To Learn How To Work, Learn How To Support Themselves. I Think It's Just Fine To Be Eccentric.

I've Got A Lot Of People That Are Really Good At Taming Animals And Working With Animals; And They Can't Explain How They Do. They Just Get A Feeling From The Animal.

I'm Seeing Too Many Kind Of Socially Awkward Kids That Get Through Schools And Then They Can't Hold A Job Because They Haven't Learned The Discipline Of Get Up In The Morning.

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.