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

When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills.

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing.

The dog is more social. I am not saying that cats are totally unsocial but dogs are more social.

Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant best buddies, they understand a cat, they understand a dog - they're best studies with it, they just know how to communicate with it. Then there's other kids that begin with a little bit of fear of the cat or the dog, but then they begin to like it and then there are other kids where you have a sensory problem - the cat meows and it hurts their ears, so they want to stay away from the cat because you never know when he might meow.

You got barn cats and you want to make them tamed, you need to get them as kittens.

The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.