Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies.

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?

Start with putting three of your friends to jail. You definitely know what for, and people will believe you

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges.

Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.

Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.

I thought I should be stronger than was possible.

You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.

Articulation is the tongue-tied's fighting.

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.