Autism Quotes

If you can't see the gift in having a child with autism, you're focusing too much on the autism and not enough on the child.

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.

There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics.

I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism.

This is what we know, when you tell us of your fondest hopes and dreams for us: that your greatest wish is that one day we will cease to be, and strangers you can love will move in behind our faces.

I hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life - the relationship between parent and child.

If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.

I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis.

Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society.

Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.

Never ask for someone's thoughts on autism unless you are prepared to hear a story that doesn't resemble your own.

Having a child with Autism can mess with your head: You feel like you can move mountains for them yet you're powerless at the same time.

Autism is not a snapshot. It's a life.

Autism is a very serious condition.

Katie, 90% of the things you worry about don't happen, and the 10% that do, you can't do anything about.

If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.

You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented.

From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.

The important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they've beginning to have with autism.

Autism's an important part of who I am, but I'm a college professor and an animal scientist first. And I wouldn't want to change 'cause I like the logical way I think.

Hugs may come less frequently from someone with autism but when they do, you know it means everything.

Autism is the filter through which all my other senses must pass, both input and output.

Autism; It's not new just because you haven't heard of it until now.

Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry to investigate the link between lung cancer and smoking.

The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

People with autism aren't interested in social chit-chat.

Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism.

Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.

If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the Earth, then men would still be socializing in front of a wood fire at the entrance to a cave.

My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.

What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.

As a parent with a child with autism, its been really tough to experience your child having autism.

Autism is defined by looking at behaviors. And everybody looks at behaviors differently.

I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result.

The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers.

In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where interactions with the environment are key.

I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.

As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by two main components: an inability to interact socially with other people with joint attention to understand other people's thoughts.

I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling.

Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

My Advice is: You always have to keep persevering.

I deliver babies for a living. I have certainly delivered more than 150 children in my lifetime, yet I'm always puzzled when I hear that one of those children I delivered has autism.

Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.