I Think One Of The Worst Things

The Thing Is, Autism Is A Big Spectrum. Going From Folks Who Remain Nonverbal, All The Way Up To, Ya Know, Famous Scientists And Musicians. And We've Got To Work On Strengths. We Also Have To Work On Teaching Basic Manners And Skills.

Research Has Shown That A Barren Environment Is Much More Damaging To Baby Animals Than It Is To Adult Animals. It Does Not Hurt The Adult Animals The Same Way It Damages Babies.

Curiosity Is The Other Side Of Caution.

How Do You Have A Think In Pictures? Well, You Have To Sort The Pictures Into Categories. You Know, For Example, A Dog Knows That, You Know, There's Good People And There's Bad People. And I Talked To A Lady The Other Day Where Her Dog Was Afraid Of People With White Beards Because She Had Adopted Him From An Animal Shelter And Somebody With A White Beard Had Abused Him. And This Dog Was Now Afraid Of Everybody That Had A White Beard. That Was The Bad Category.

We've Had Several Cats. I Had A Cat When I Was A Kid. My Aunt Had Lots Of Cats And I Got Lots Of Calls About Cats.