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

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" Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.' "

" I am a big believer in early intervention. "

" I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. "

" People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. "

" You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out. "

" From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. "

" Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get my words out. So the only way I could tell someone what I wanted was to scream. If I didn't want to wear a hat, the only way I knew to communicate was screaming and throwing it on the floor. "

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

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

" The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior. "

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

" One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection. "

" I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for hours. I didn't want to be touched. I couldn't shut out background noise. I didn't talk until I was about 4 years old. I screamed. I hummed. But as I grew up, I improved. "

" The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play. "

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

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

" My life is basically my work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week. "

" If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out. "

" There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics. "

" It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is such a hassle until they go to school. "

" I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like 'oi oi.' I thought grownups had a separate language. I've now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds. "

" I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. "

" Autism is part of who I am. "