For Author and Autism Advocate Jennifer Cook, being asked what it means to be autistic is like being asked "what it means to be me." The hardest part, she says, is "feeling so smart but so stupid at the same time." That said, she tries to think of herself as different ... so smart "and" anything she wants to be instead of so smart "but" ...
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