Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's
“Sometimes I think I can relate better to a good machine than any kind of person. I’ve thought about why that is, and I’ve come up with a few ideas. One thought is that I control the machines. We don’t interact as equals. No matter how big the machine, I am in charge. Machines don’t talk back. They are predictable. They don’t trick me, and they’re never mean.
I have a lot of trouble reading other people. I am not very good at looking at people and knowing whether they like me, or they’re mad, or... they’re just waiting for me to say something. I don’t have problems like that with machines.
I feel an affinity with many different kinds of machines. I’ll try to explain.
Imagine yourself at a sold-out concert. You’re out on the floor—at what would be the fifty yard line if it were a football field—standing on a raised platform that holds the consoles that control the sound and lighting systems. You’re looking over a sea of heads toward the stage. It’s pitch-black, but you can see the NO SMOKING signs at the edges of the crowd.MoreLess
I have a lot of trouble reading other people. I am not very good at looking at people and knowing whether they like me, or they’re mad, or... they’re just waiting for me to say something. I don’t have problems like that with machines.
I feel an affinity with many different kinds of machines. I’ll try to explain.
Imagine yourself at a sold-out concert. You’re out on the floor—at what would be the fifty yard line if it were a football field—standing on a raised platform that holds the consoles that control the sound and lighting systems. You’re looking over a sea of heads toward the stage. It’s pitch-black, but you can see the NO SMOKING signs at the edges of the crowd.MoreLess
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