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

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?

An imagination left alone in the dark can be a terrible thing.

Every teardrop that falls from your chin, God will catch in the palms of His hands!

A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it.

I have a huge ego and a huge inferiority complex at the same time.

For people who live their lives in classical music the Three Tenors is a kind of benign tumor: unsightly but not life threatening.

No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes.

When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

Religion is the balm of the people.

Perhaps I can stay by the fire and mend your socks and scream if I hear any strange noises.