In Kevin’s mind, this early awareness was likely a result of “autistic early brain development,” which can also be seen in his childhood nickname, “Pumpkin Head.”22 He possessed full technicolor sensory modalities in this autistic brain and big head as far back as he can remember. Still, he did not speak until he was five years old. He was endlessly bullied and beaten as a young boy in a cruel and stupid society that did not understand him, that could not understand him. He writes of “extreme child abuse growing up.”23 I am sure that is an understatement.
