Of all the people I have ever known you are the only one I don't know.

To say we know a person is to write that person off.

[When explaining over reactions to small mistakes] I get swallowed up in the moment, and I can't tell the right response from the wrong response. All I know is that I have to get out of the situation as soon as I can, so I don't drown. To get away, I'll do anything. Crying, screaming and throwing things, hitting out even... Finally, finally, I'll calm down and come back to myself. Then I see no sign of the tsunami attack--only the wreckage I've made. And when I see that, I hate myself. I just hate myself.

Criticizing people, winding them up, making idiots of them or fooling them doesn't make people with autism laugh. What makes us smile from the inside is seeing something beautiful, or a memory makes us laugh. This generally happens when there's nobody watching us. And at night, on our own, we might burst out laughing underneath the duvet, or roar with later in an empty room ... When we don't need to think about other people or anything else, that's when we wear our aural expressions.

I'd say we're more like family. I'd say we're like brothers.

Seeing Jim and Jack together is more like watching two brothers than father and son. From a family standpoint, it's something that a lot of people can only dream of and something that they'll both cherish. It has worked to the benefit of the University of San Diego and its student-athletes. USD is about a holistic approach to education, and family is a part of that. It's in your face.