Switched On, Snap #721 - Fortress of Solitude

Snap Judgment | Aug 19, 2016

Imagine spending the first four decades of your life in darkness. Then imagine that someone suddenly switches the lights on.

 

John Elder Robison is a writer, speaker and advocate for people with autism. Be sure to check out his neurodiversity work at the College of William and Mary as well as his car restoration work at Robison Services.

 

Producer and Sound Design: Davey Kim

 

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