Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.

And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.

Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.