My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures. See language for me narrates the pictures in my mind.

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.

I am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

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.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

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 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.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

The promises of prayer are extraordinary, but for prayer to work as God promises it to work, it must be purged of self and doubt.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

What starts out as an intrusive thought can turn into an overwhelming concept if we "feed" it with more negative thinking. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself and not upon other men has adopted the very best plan for living happily.

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.

Thank God for wisecracks.

It's Hard to Stay Mad When There's So Much Beauty in the World

As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."

How uninteresting interesting things can become.

A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.