Autism Quotes
Autism Quote of the day
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
Not everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior".
What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.
Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?
A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing
I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.
Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.
I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God.
It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing.
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution.
If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.
Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.
Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.
Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!
If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.
The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism's 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the US vaccine schedule.
There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.
One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.
Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.
I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.
I think a brain can be made "more thinking" or made "more emotional." At what point does this become abnormal? Autism in its milder variants, I think, is part of normal human variation.
Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.
