 Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. |
| I am a big believer in early intervention. |
| Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach. |
| My life is basically my work. |
| Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies. |
| We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world. |
| I like to figure things out and solve problems. |
| I would not be here now if I did not have anti-depressants. |
| 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 have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before. |
| Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems. |
