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

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?

The worst part of being okay is that okay is far from happy.

Jesus himself refers to himself as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom

She wouldn't have died if I hadn't taught her how to fall.

The awakening of consciousness is the next evolutionary step for mankind.

All wrong conduct is based on wrong believing

Language can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.

I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I’m the one that you get to see. Once.

I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.

Focus first on where you want to be, and why, and then on the right path to get there.

My paintings are only the ashes of my art