In Special Education, There's Too Much Emphasis

Lets Get Into Talking About How Autism Is Similar Animal Behavior. The Thing Is I Dont Think In A Language, And Animals Dont Think In A Language. Its Sensory Based Thinking, Thinking In Pictures, Thinking In Smells, Thinking In Touches. Its Putting These Sensory Based Memories Into Categories.

People On The Autism Spectrum Don't Think The Same Way You Do. In My Life, People Who Made A Difference Were Those Who Didn't See Labels, Who Believed In Building On What Was There. These Were People Who Didn't Try To Drag Me Into Their World, But Came Into Mine Instead.

All Children In The '50s Were Taught Manners, They Were Taught To Say Please And Thank You, They Were Taught Not To Be Rude. And I'm Seeing Some Problems Today Where Somebody's Losing A Job Because They Made Fun Of A Fat Lady That Couldn't Fit In The Elevator. I Mean That Was The Sort Of Thing That, When I Was Eight Years Old, My Mother Made It Very Clear To Me That That Was Not Okay To Say That Kind Of Stuff.

Some Cats Don't Like Different Types Of Kitty Litter. So Might Try Different Types Of Kitty Litter Sometimes That Works. You Know, They Don't Like One Type That Sticks To The Paws And They Don't Like It.

I Have Been On The Same Dose Of Anti-depressants For 15 Years, And My Nerves Still Go Up And Down In Cycles; But My Nerves Are Cycling At A Lower Level Than They Were Before.