Uncertainty and ambient sound

• “I still cannot operate effectively in language or independent movement in the community without someone who is involved in most aspects of my life. That is, not only do I behave oddly and not interact when people need me to create a bridge so they can behave in an appropriate way to me, but also if there is not absolute certainty and a lack of ambient sound, I can’t sequence. So places like supermarkets or even the street require a one-on-one companion.”

• Lucy Blackman, Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone, p. 154