Sarah Walsh

“like abstract mathematics. Scientists have studied “brain plasticity,” the ability of the brain to reorganize neural pathways based on new experiences. It appears that different types of plasticity are dominant at different ages.”
― John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

“With this mortality positivity and lack of shame, I have become more willing to acknowledge that I need other people to help me. I am able to acknowledge that I am growing and that I can learn from others. For me, vulnerability isn’t giving into shame and acting like I have it all together because I don’t. Vulnerability isn’t acting like I can do it all by myself because I can’t. Vulnerability is being honest with where I’m at and grabbing the hands of those who can guide me, and being shameless enough to admit my problems to them.”
― Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director: How Death Saved My Life

“not wanting contact with others” or “preferring to play alone.” I can’t speak for other kids, but I’d like to be very clear about my own feelings: I did not ever want to be alone.”
― John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

“Had I not been drawn out by interested grown-ups, I might well have drifted farther into the world of autism. I might have ceased to communicate.”
― John Elder Robison, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's