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" I was expected to sit at the table, learn how to eat properly. "

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" I am a big believer in early intervention. "

" I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics. "

" Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals don't think in a language. It's sensory based thinking, thinking in pictures, thinking in smells, thinking in touches. It's putting these sensory based memories into categories. "

" Pressure is calming to the nervous system. "

" One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. "

" Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. "

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

" Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley. "

" I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to go for two weeks or all summer. I wound up staying all summer. And that's where I learned about cattle. I could relate to their behavior, their fears. "

" Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach. "

" I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary. "

" I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect. "

" I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images. "

" I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased. "

" When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life. "

" And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit. "

" What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world. "

" My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures. "

" I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world. "

" When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language. "

" Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies. "

" As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised in a barren environment. "

" We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world. "

" I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac. "

" Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform liability laws to stop out-of-control health care costs. "

" Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective. "

" Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children have problems with their voice or another person's voice. This problem tends to be related to high-pitched ladies' voices. "

" I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff. "

" My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against my skin, and I don't know why some 100% cotton t-shirts itch and others don't; it has something to do with the weave. "