Pressure is calming to the nervous system.

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?

I don't want all the silver and gold of the world, Dillon said. What I'm seeking is to know. I want to understand God and I want to know His wisdom.

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link.

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.

Ghosts don't scare me. Flesh and blood people do.

Cost is more important than quality but quality is the best way to reduce cost.

Some people know Rosa Parks, they know Daisy Bates in Arkansas, but every... Ruby Doris Smith, Diane Nash, countless individuals.

The fighting was fierce and lasted for the greater part of a day; blood ran in rivers.

A song fluttered down in the form of a dove, And it bore me a message, the one word-Love!