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Through the Eyes of Aliens A Book about Autistic People Jasmine Lee O’Neill Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia First published in the United Kingdom in 1999 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © 1999 Jasmine Lee O’Neill All rights reserved. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended), or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to prosecution and civil claims for damages. The right of Jasmine Lee O’Neill to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data O’Neill, Jasmine Lee Through the eyes of aliens 1. Autism I. Title 616.8’982 ISBN 978 1 85302 710 9 eISBN 978 0 85700 098 9 For my very wonderful, dear friend, who breathed air into my dreams so they could take wing; Whose honest friendship sustained me through aching days; Whose gentle love coaxed me to bloom like an iris in his garden; Whose welcoming heart cherishes misfits, kind and wise like a peaceful lion: Bertram A. Ruttenberg, M.D. You are most beloved. Contents 1. Introducing Autism 2. The Autistic World 3. Autism and Sense Organs 4. Autism and Emotions 5. Communication and Language 6. Intelligence, Autism, and Savant Skills 7. Discrimination 8. Rhythms and Self-Stimulations 9. Relationships 10. Health and Allergies 11. Autism and Teenage Years 12. Recreation 13. Idiosyncrasies and Special Traits Epilogue – For Autistic People Poems Further Reading Index § For an Autistic Child To you in your world, Locked inside yourself, An island, Isolated winds in your mind, To you, locked inside beauty, Inside anguish, inside joy, You live Breathe Die Emotions too profound to understand, Little one curled up rocking, Your floor your world, Safe, Just you, Your little expressive hands, Like tiny birds, talking in flutters, your little angry snarls repel a monstrous outside realm, your beloved treasures: Buttons Diminutive faery animals Smooth wooden beads Dots of sunlight on your wall Humming your songs to calm your anxious hands, Safe, Just you, At one with rhythm, Your world only bits of those others who come and go like currents of air, barely ruffling your forelock, Your face a delicate empty mask to those who see only with eyes, Those who don’t understand your world, To me, watching you, I see myself, I sing songs for you, little one, to tell you You don’t have to forsake your world to be free. § ONE
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