daniel_tammet_

Asking me to name my favourite number is a bit like asking a mother to name her favourite child. Just between us, I find 11 particularly beautiful and the number 4 is probably the number I feel closest to because it's shy like me.

I have some great friends in Iceland and use Icelandic with them when I visit or phone/email. I also read in Icelandic and would recommend the short stories of Gyrdir Eliasson.

I was diagnosed in 2004 by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University as 'Aspergers with excellent adaptation in adulthood'. 'For many children, their symptoms improve with treatment and with age. Some children with autism grow up to lead normal or near-normal lives.' http://ec.europa.eu/health/major_chronic_diseases/diseases/autistic/

You might also find this Forbes magazine article of interest: http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2013/01/17/can-people-really-grow-out-of-autism/

Round, shiny, bright white. There's a picture of it at the start of chapter 11 of 'Born On A Blue Day'.

Thanks!