I'm The Worst Person To Tell Anybody

Marriage Is A Pretty Amazing Thing When You Think About It. For Two People To Live Together For So Long Under The Same Roof Is A Big Accomplishment. Fifty-year Anniversaries Are Becoming Extinct, Yet Again Proving That Long Marriages Deserve Awards And Praise. Sometimes I See Old People In Restaurants Sitting Together Eating Their Meals And I Watch Them. Sometimes It Makes Me Sad. They Don't Even Talk. Is It Because They Have Nothing Else To Say, Or Can They Simply Read Each Other's Mind By Now?

When I First Went Public With My Son Evan's Story, I Just Planned To Talk About The 'r' Word - Recovery. But Soon I Was Spending Most My Time Talking About The 'v' Word - Vaccines.

The First Time I Punched In My Name And Saw How Many Sites There Were, I Thought, That's Scary. I Got Too Involved Where I Got Worried And Panicked And Tried To Stop It. But You Know What, If I Just Let It Go And Not Worry About It, Then It Will Be Fine. Because It's All About How It Makes Me Feel And I Was Letting It Get To Me.

Corner One Of The Hundreds Of Doctors Who Specialize In Autism Recovery, And They'll Tell You Stories Of Dozens Of Kids In Their Practice Who No Longer Have Autism. Ask Them To Speak To The Press And They'll Run For The Door. They Know Better.

Seven Years I Worked At The Polish Deli. It's A Very Slow Deli. So I Sat Around A Lot On My Stool At The Cashier. And I'd Sign My Autograph On All The Bags I'd Put The Milk In. Just Everyday, Practice My Autograph. And The Manager Of The Store Would Take Some Of Them And Tape Them Against The Wall. And He'd Say, "some Day, I'm Telling You, It Will Be Worth Something." And I'm Like 13, Going, "really?!" And When I Go Back There, He Still Has Them On The Wall. It's Very Cute.