Introduction : a discussion of methods -- Framing autism / Douglas Biklen -- An introduction to Sue Rubin -- A conversation with Leo Kanner / Sue Rubin -- An introduction to Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay -- Questions and answers / Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay and Douglas Biklen -- An introduction to Lucy Blackman -- Reflections on language / Lucy Blackman -- An introduction to Larry Bissonnette -- Letters ordered through typing produce the story of an artist stranded on the island of autism / Larry Bissonnette -- An introduction to Alberto Frugone -- Salient moments in the life of Alberto, as a child, a youth, a young man / Alberto Frugone -- An introduction to Richard Attfield -- The colour of rich / Richard Attfield -- The world as I'd like it to be / Jamie Burke -- The myth of the person alone / Douglas Biklen.