DADDY, I HAVE A

QUESTION

by tim

miles

“Daddy, I have a question.

Yes, Will.

“

How old do you have to be to own a jetpack?“

Will Miles Scientist, Philanthropist, Bon Vivant

While you ponder that…

I’ll drop some tight Robert Frost on y’all

Do me a favor...

So how does it feel to be autistic when you are overstimulated? It feels like: 20 cologne smells (all people around you are wearing different things, etc. Autistics smell all of it), like hundreds of kids running around you asking you questions in different languages, like you’re sitting in a chair that is missing one leg and trying to balance it while all that is going on, and lights flickering…too much, hence why autistics have Meltdowns.

“Kristina DesJardins Author, Autist

WHATIS AUTISM ?

• Qualitative impairment in social interaction and communication

• Restrictive and repetitive behaviors.

November 20, 2005

November 21, 2005

May 15, 2014

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life

turned around.“Willie Nelson

9 BLESSINGS

WILL MILESPRESENTED BY:

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ONECHANGE

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You cannot expect someone else to change his behavior until you’re first

willing to change your own.

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TWCELEBRATE DIFFERENTLY

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THRCLEAR v. CLEVER

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Literal Thinking

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“Raining Cats & Dogs”

COMMUNICATIONKEY3CLEAR v. CLEVER

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Sarcasm

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*Sarcasm*

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FOUOVERSTIMULATED

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I believe that genius in the 21st century will be attributed to people who are able to unplug from the constant state of reactionary workflow ... and allow their minds to solve the great challenges of our era.

“Scott Belsky CEO, Behance

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FIVLISTEN

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Have you noticedit seems like a bazillion peoplewant to be heard?

But, like, maybe six want to listen?

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PRESENCE... not presents.

Human relationships are rich and they’re messy and they’re demanding. And we clean them up with technology.

And when we do, one of the things that can happen is that we sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

We short-change ourselves. And over time, we seem to forget this, or we seem to stop caring.

“Sherry Turkle Author, Professor - TED, February 2012

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SIXCOME TOGETHER

6COMMUNICATIONKEYCOME TOGETHER

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(please repeat after me.)

“ There has never...

“ been a better time ...

“ to do what it is I do ...

“ ... but ...

“There has also never...

“ been a more important

time ...

“ to be GOOD at what

it is I do ...

“ and I will recommend Tim Miles …

“to speak at events my organization

holds…

“ in Fiji, Hawaii, Turks & Caicos, Portugal, Costa Rica, Las Vegas,

Jamaica, Scotland, or Australia.

(thank you)

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SIXBLACK HOLES

Once in a while, you get shown the light in the strangest of

places if you look at it right.“Robert Hunter Lyricist, The Grateful Dead

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SEVWHAT IS NROMAL?

WHAT IS NROMAL?

“Daddy, I have a question.

Yes, Will.

“

When I become a Jedi, who decides what color my light saber will be?“

Should the roller coaster I am building in the backyard

be wood or steel?“

Is Dora non-fiction?“

No, buddy.

“

(2 minute pause)

I think it’s historical fiction.“

Why is it everybody wants their children to be normal, but no

one wants them to be average?

“Roy H. Williams CEO, Williams Marketing

Why do our schools keep teaching children what to think ... not how to think?“

Bonnie Young Green Learning Academy

Jordan Mills @JAMills1014

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Retweeted by Thinking Persons Guide to Autism

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For too long, we've assumed that there is a single template for human nature, which is why we diagnose most deviations as disorders. But the reality is that there are many different kinds of minds. And that's a very good thing.

“Jonah Lehrer Wall Street Journal, 3/31/12

I’ve learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is normal— so we can’t know for sure what your “normal” is even like. But so long as we can learn to love ourselves, I’m not sure how much it matters whether we’re normal or autistic.

“Naoki Higashida The Reason I Jump

We all have special needs.

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The magic is not in the size of your steps.

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But in the will to just keep going.

The magic is not in the size of your steps.

But in the Will to just keep going,and in encouraging others to do the same.

Change

Celebrate Differently

Clear v. Clever

Unbuzz

Listen

Come Together

Black Holes Are Doorknobs

What is Nromal?

Commitment

Relentlessness is the greatest expression

of commitment.

Commitment is the greatest

expression of love.

Do you need a permit to own a raygun?

“Will Miles Scientist, Philanthropist, Bon Vivant

www.TheDailyBlur.com .

@TheDailyBlur .

by tim

miles

DADDY, I HAVE A

QUESTION