I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I can explain how a person with autism thinks. I am very, very interested in how people think. It's been a gradual process of learning more and more about how my thinking process is different. You know it's bottom up - you take specific examples to make concepts and then I put them in categories.

My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures.

I've got a lot of people that are really good at taming animals and working with animals; and they can't explain how they do. They just get a feeling from the animal.

Medication should never be considered the only tool for helping a person.

When I was younger, I didn't even realize the way I think visually is different.

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.