I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.
I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.
And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.
It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.
In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.
Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.
Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.
people do terrible things, sometimes, for the best reasons.
The route to the target is more important than the target. We are going to go for the target, but we enjoy the route as well.
In the United States in 2009, more than 10. 2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.
The gift of darkness draws you to know God’s presence beyond what thought, imagination, or sensory feeling can comprehend.