“Some people say ASD is ‘an empathy disorder’. We are unfeeling and uncaring, according to them. But how can they know my inner mind any more than I can know theirs?” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“have to. But this apparent coldness is not a lack of empathy and feeling; it is a hypersensitivity. It is feeling too much.” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“People usually don’t ascend to positions of power like that by being nice.” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“We are the square pegs that do not neatly fit into the round holes of life without taking a battering.” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“All of them. I mean, they ask you a question, and they don’t want to hear the answer if it disagrees with their own… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“There is a screaming in my head. It is me, or some part of me that has been woken up like a kraken disturbed… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“Usually I would find myself having to step aside while oncoming pedestrians never deviated a centimetre from their intended path, and would have walked… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“Yet whenever there is uncertainty, I feel compelled to evaluate all possible outcomes. But then I feel overwhelmed.” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“When others are upset, I am upset too, but I do not know why. When others shout or become angry, I become afraid, fearing… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“When there is a lot of information bombarding us all at once, such as the sounds, movements and smells of several people, it is… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“Also, I do not like them touching me, and if a fat person sits next to me, they inevitably touch me. So I deliberately… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“Some people say ASD is ‘an empathy disorder’. We are unfeeling and uncaring, according to them. But how can they know my inner mind… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
“She departed without saying goodbye, leaving the empty cup behind her, contrary to café regulations. What a rebel.” — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
