My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures.
I use my mind to solve problems and invent things.
My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures.
In the 50s and 60s, kids were taught how to shake hands. They were taught how to have manners. There needs to be a lot more of that kind of stuff because the autistic mind doesn't pick up social things and subtle cues.
It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.
The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.