Jeramy

“Introverts understand; the loneliest human in history was just happy to have a few minutes of peace and quiet.”
― Randall Munroe, What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

“I have two settings as a dad: normal and special mode. Normal mode is used with my eldest son, aged eight. It involves all the regular dad stuff, such as knowing the answers to every possible question, teaching him to ride his bike and generally being hands-on and involved. Special mode is quite different. All of the skills of normal mode apply, and then some. Special mode involves enormous powers of endurance, negotiation, problem solving, vigilance, strength, forbearance, deciphering, arbitration and above all, patience. To be honest, I’m a bit rubbish at all of those things but I strive for them nonetheless, because special mode is required for my youngest son, aged five and diagnosed as high functioning autistic. The two styles of parenting could not be more different.”
― B's Dad, Life with an Autistic Son

“Children and adults on the spectrum often struggle not with imagination, but with social imagination. This is an important difference. Social imagination is a person’s ability to predict what others are thinking and feeling, to imagine and predict what might happen next, to understand the consequences of what is said and done in a social situation.”
― B's Dad, Life with an Autistic Son

“Not everything that steps out of line, and thus ‘abnormal’, must necessarily be ‘inferior’. Hans Asperger (1938).”
― B's Dad, Life with an Autistic Son