On the surface, a sheltered life spent on your favourite activities might look like paradise but I believe that unless you come into contact with some of the hardships other people endure, your own personal development will be impaired.

כשאני מוזג מים לכוס ונשפך לי קצת, אפילו טיפה, אני לא מסוגל לסבול את זה.בטח קשה לכם להבין למה דבר כזה מאמלל אותי כל כך. ואפילו אני יודע שזה לא באמת עניין כזה חשוב. אבל קשה לי לשלוט ברגשות שלי.

What brought you here isn't your fault. We human beings have to live each day to its fullest and do our best in whatever environment we find ourselves in. There's no need to feel any shame just because your "fullest" and "best" look different from those of others.

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

autism is more like retina patterns than measles

Just by looking at nature, I feel as if I'm being swallowed up into it, and in that moment I get the sensation that my body's now a speck, a speck from long before I was born, a speck that is melting into nature herself.

When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on. But for people with autism, the details jump straight out at us first of all, and then only gradually, detail by detail, does the whole image float up into focus.

When there’s a gap between what I’m thinking and what I’m saying, it’s because the words coming out of my mouth are the only ones I can access at that time.

...and even now I still can't "do" a real conversation. I have no problem reading books aloud and singing, but as soon as I try to speak with someone, my words just vanish.