'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.' Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as shapes, colours, textures and motions, and can learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in three days. He also has a compulsive need for order and routine. He eats exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast and cannot leave the house without counting the number of items of clothing he's wearing. If he gets stressed or unhappy he closes his eyes and counts. But in some ways Daniel is not all like the Rain Man. He is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autisitic disorders in being capable of living a fully-functioning, independent life. It is this incredible self-awareness and ability to communicate what it feels like to live in a totally extraordinary way that makes BORN ON A BLUE DAY so powerful.

我齣生於1979年1月31日-一個周三。我知道這是一個周三的，因為日期是藍的，在我看來，並星期三永遠是藍色，像9號或聲響亮的聲音爭論'一樣，性格霍夫曼描繪，他可以演齣不平凡的數學在他的頭部，看到數字形狀，顔色，紋理和提案，並可以學習講一口流利的語言，從白手起傢，在3天。他也有一個強迫需要秩序和例行公事。他吃正好四十五剋的麥片早餐，並不能離開傢，沒有清點人數的物品包括衣物，他的穿著。如果他強調或不滿，他結束他的眼睛和計數。但在某些方麵，丹尼爾也並非全是像雨人。他幾乎是獨一無二的，其中的人，有嚴重autisitic失常，在被生活能力的一個全麵的功能，獨立的生活。正是這種令人難以置信的自我意識和溝通能力是什麼感覺像生活在一個完全不尋常的方式，使得齣生於一個藍色天這麼強大。