Forget the shoes, forget the mile long walk... just stop judging each other.

I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.

Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.

Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.

Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

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.

Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.

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.

Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.

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.

What was that thing that could make two people promise one another to spend every day of the rest of their lives together? Ah,I found it. It was a thing called love. A small simple word.

Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that.

You okay in there?" "No, I'm hanging from a closet rod.

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair

Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.

Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.

Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.

Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors...

I still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not the same as being a utopian.

From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.