It was kind of scary. You're saying, 'What's going on?' It's frightening, it's really frightening.

You want to get immediate help as soon as possible because the more help you get, the sooner [and] the better the outcome.

We felt extremely helpless. We knew no one else who had autistic kids.

They are saying they don't want anyone to even touch the water. Now I know how a flounder feels. I was getting tossed all over the place.

Frankly, I was surprised by our survey results based on what you hear. I'm not saying some people didn't say negative things, but the responses to our study were largely supportive.

I could see a broader mobilization where people start saying, 'No, you can't take my tissues. All I can say is, we better deal with the problems now instead of waiting until that happens.