asperger's people are strange. they don't make eye contact. they are clueless when it comes to women, just like on the big egg theory. they estimate the greatest nobel prize winners suffered from asperger's syndrome. and then, there's two genius of modern times. albert einstein. did you know that we had einstein's brain? when einstein died in the 255, the doctor who did the autopsy kidnapped the parade without anyone's permission. he took to bring home and kept in a cooler for 30 years. was sitting in his living room underneath the books for 30 years could one day he drove across country to put einstein's brain in a mayonnaise jar. einstein's brain went through a lot of problems over decades because this man said this is a piece of history and he cannot cremated. he took it home, but he didn't know what to do with it. at the princeton university. i have a chapter chapter analyzing the greatest brain of modern times. but what about sigmund freud? believe it or not, we cannot reanalyze sigmund freud in psychology from a modern point of view. sig

patrick has asperger's, it's characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction along withepetitive appearanc patterns of behaviors. >> interviews are tough enough but it's worse when you don't know the person or you may come off as too monday tone or stiff or relaxed as they would likely. >> patrick graduated from college in 2011 but said because of his disability he has not been able to secure a job. he's hoping that will change. he's one of 30 people on the autism spectrum taking part in the pilot program starting up in vancouver, california, and pennsylvania this year. sap has begun hiring autistic employees in ireland, india, and soon in brazil. but 2020 it hopes to have 650 employees with autism on its payroll. >> we have a tremendous need for programmers for people in the technology sector as well as the business side of the house. >> jose velasco runs the program saying that it's competitive value in hiring these employees. >> we're looking for people who have the ability to concentrate on tasks for a long period of time where in some cases tasks that for other peop

so we have a long way to go before we fully understand autism and asperger's. so we can actually see that the brain is slightly different. >> i was curious as to what your thoughts were and there is in my book, a quantum chapter on the most azar form of consciousness in all of science. according to the quantum theory, in order for something to exist, somebody has to look at it. and before you observe something coming in principle it could exist in all possible states. and when you look at it in venice ooms one state. therefore the observer in some sense determines the existence but observation requires consciousness. conscious people make the observation so the greatest paradox in all of science is a cat problem. if i have a cat in a box and i don't open the box, the cat could be either dead or alive so how do we physicists describe a cat if you cannot observe it. well, we had the dead cat to the live chat, so the cat is neither dead nor alive. until you open the box. now, einstein thought that this is stupid. i mean, how can you be neither dead nor alive at th

so we have a long way to go before we fully understand autism and asperger's. so we can actually see that the brain is slightly different. >> i was curious as to what your thoughts were and there is in my book, a quantum chapter on the most azar form of consciousness in all of science. according to the quantum theory, in order for something to exist, somebody has to look at it. and before you observe something coming in principle it could exist in all possible states. and when you look at it in venice ooms one state. therefore the observer in some sense determines the existence but observation requires consciousness. conscious people make the observation so the greatest paradox in all of science is a cat problem. if i have a cat in a box and i don't open the box, the cat could be either dead or alive so how do we physicists describe a cat if you cannot observe it. well, we had the dead cat to the live chat, so the cat is neither dead nor alive. until you open the box. now, einstein thought that this is stupid. i mean, how can you be neither dead nor alive at th

he said, i don't have asperger's. you seemed to nail the group head on. you do that. >> it was challenges to get into the mind of a socially awkward character. to play a dork is real stretch for me. required years of research. to understand how somebody could not feel comfortable in their own skin, as i have up to this point. so, i no, i read some books about silicon valley. i watched documentaries about it. but playing a socially awkward character in "silicon valley" was not an enormous leap for a guy like me. melissa: alec, what has the reception been like? people are saying this is the new "ontourage." people are more interested in than hollywood, no offense is actually the tech world. what have people said to you, as you went out to do this? >> well, i mean first of all, we did an enormous amount of homework. we talked to a huge number of people. we talked to vcs. we talked to a lost startups. we recruited stanford compression science professor who has a grad student who did all kinds of different charts and graphs for us. i think we did our homework

i also have a semi-adopted daughter that has asperger's and is doing really well. they have been in place program and will help these kids with special problems. adults with special problems, has.ger's and autism guest: good for her because the word hope is exactly right. there are wonderful programs on the way and it is not all the federal government needs to be doing or the state government or the local government. the public and private partnership is what matters. helping in sent private to develop supports and programs for people like this who need them. in the end, these are parents usually who come together to identify a shared need and then go out and either build their own programs or find one that works somewhere else and wreck the -- replicate them at home. last year, we invested about $5 million in community programs area we will be closer this year to 8 million. we go out and do the same thing, find a program she just talked about and export it. host: how did you get involved with autism speaks? guest: a dear friend of mine has an adult son in his mid-

asperger's,s of more high functioning socialctually with interaction problems, that label would go way. that has been quite controversial. social communication skills and behaviors will be part of that diagnosis. let's not get off point. the increase cannot be explained aay by better diagnosis or change in criteria. we are using the same criteria we used two years ago and two years before that. we see a real rise in this number without answers for it. missouri, a line we set aside for families living with autism. good morning. in 1965, i have had this since i was a little boy if they go back and read their law, kennedy said in 1962, i have been on medicaid all my life. passed in 62, i have been in the program all my life. talk, i learned how to do everything. it is not the law. sign it in law and put a specially -- special education kids by ourselves. in the state of missouri. out of states to not want to obey the law. that is all i've got to say. it really falls under the diagnostic criteria. for people to advocate for , it is very tricky. often times, parents are not aware of it. it

>> my daughter has asperger's.ing with other people and expressing the way she feels. with shasta, she's able to communicate with her like they are best friends. >> reporter: it's who trained shasta that's a little different. >> settle, settle, settle. good boy. >> reporter: all of these service dogs were trained by inmates at the california institute for women in chino . it is part of a program called "pathways to hope." >> everyone wins. it's a win-win. >> reporter: mary jane richardson is serving a life sentence. she's already been here 22 years. >> it's worth a million bucks to know i had a part in helping an autistic child and to provide something that they need. >> reporter: they estimate one out of every four dogs that comes in to the program will graduate and become a service animal. but even the ones that don't make it will be adopted out to loving families. >> they know all of their basic obedience, few tricks and end up in wonderful, loving homes. people love this program. >> pathways to hope has been op

patrick has asperger's characterised by difficulty any with social interaction and patterns of behaviourr interest. >> interviews are tough enough. it's worse when you don't necessarily know the person or you may come off as monotop or stiff or as relaxed as they would like. >> patrick graduated from college but days because of his disability he has not been able to secure a job. he's one of the 30 people on the autism spectrum taking part in a pilot program in vancouver, john calipari, and peninsula. s a.p. has begun hiring in ireland, germany, india and brazil. by 2020 it hopes to have 650 employees with autism on the payroll. >> we have a need tore programmers for people in the technology sector and the business side of the house. >> this man runs the program saying it sees great competitive value in hiring the employees. we are looking for people with the ability to concentrate on the past. in some cases to task, and for others it may be representative. it's of high importance for us and the company. >> s a.p. is not alone. wall greens has a distribution center with 40% of its workfo