Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.

It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.

Autism is part of who I am.

When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

When kids are really little, they all look the same. No speech, no social relatedness, cannot emphasize enough the importance of early educational intervention.

Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all the way from Einstein, emollient scientist, just a little bit of the trait, many scientist and engineers, down to somebody that's going to remain nonverbal.