I’ve Aged, But I Don’t Think I’ve

I Had Never Had Any Experience Of Autism Before And I Would Come Home And Look At My Son, Billy, Who Is Now Two, And Be Absolutely Paranoid, Particularly Because He Loves Thomas The Tank Engine, And Lots Of Autys Love Thomas. But He Is Not Very Good At Pointing, And Autistic Children Absolutely Love Pointing.

Everyone Seems To Think I'm Very Ladylike. That I'm Very Cultured And Intelligent. I Drink Alot Of Diet Coke And Belch. I've Been Known To Use The F-word. I've Told A Few Dirty Jokes. I Arm-wrestle.

I Do Think Imperfection's Underrated.

I Was Weird Right From The Start. It's Just That You Can't Ever Expect People To Get You. And I Do Think That Really Did Mess With My Head, Being Well-known Young, When You Really Don't Know Who You Are.

I'm Not Dead And I Don't Have Blue Hair But Some People Say There Are Similarities. It Is Usually Intolerable To Watch Myself Onscreen But This Time It's Fine. I Think It's Beautiful And A Real Work Of Art.