Dogs serve people, but people serve cats.

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

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 am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

She kept reminding me she was at a wedding, which didn’t really help my emotional state, if you know what I mean.

Operate your household like a productive business.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Rules broken today become norms tomorrow.

America didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created America.

Liberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star.

When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity.

Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win

A difference which makes no difference is no difference at all.