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

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.

I am worthy of daily joy, and I will treat myself to a glorious day of complete bliss at least once per month.

Derek’s. Lucas’. Ben’s. It’s beyond me what I must do to make them realize that I’m neither object nor possession. I don’t belong to any of them.

The things I'm guided to do are really strange to me.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.

It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

But if you want me to knock Kingdom Come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never heard my playing, and I'd defy any guitarist in American not to have heard Led Zeppelin.

I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.

I've been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it's for a job, not to look for a job. That's the way I like L.A. most - when I already have a job.

He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope.