You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what to expect. You have to find skilled mentors to teach them things. For me, it was an aunt, and it was my science teacher. You need to find the things they're interested in and good at and expand on this.

I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a real job.

Different cats don't like certain litter. They also don't like an unstable floor, no animal like's unstable floor. So if you put a thin piece of plastic down under a litter box and the cat walks on it and starts to slip, they don't like that. Any animal doesn't like an unstable floor.

What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.

The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.

I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

We've had several cats. I had a cat when I was a kid. My Aunt had lots of cats and I got lots of calls about cats.