There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

People wouldn’t have become who we are today if we hadn’t coevolved with dogs.

You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells, it thinks in touch sensations - little sound bites like, it's a very detailed memory.

One thing I'd like to just keep on doing is I want to educate people about animal behavior and about autism. I've been doing autism talks for the last 20 years and there still are people out there that do not want to, they can't recognize that these sensory problems are real. That, for some of these kids when that fire alarm goes off, that really hurts the ears, it's a really real thing.

I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning.

The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.

To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language.