Stuart Duncan Quotes

• I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.

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  Son, Thinking, Missing

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• Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.

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  Autism, Different, Disability

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• Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!

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  Beautiful, Mean, Dark

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• Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.

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  Struggle, Autism, Underestimate

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• Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

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  Acceptance, Opposites, Autism

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• 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.

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  Children, Autism, Too Much

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• 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.

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  Believe, Autism, Proud

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• Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.

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  People, Autism, Ignorant

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• Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child.

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  Jobs, Children, Parent

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• The whole world can believe in you but that won't mean a thing if you don't believe in yourself too.

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  Believe, Mean, World

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• 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.

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  Children, Moving, Autism

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• Never ask for someone's thoughts on autism unless you are prepared to hear a story that doesn't resemble your own.

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  Autism, Stories, Prepared

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• Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.

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  Losing, Lost, Goodwill

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• It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him.

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  Duty

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• Forget the shoes, forget the mile long walk... just stop judging each other.

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  Long Walks, Shoes, Judging

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• Autism; It's not new just because you haven't heard of it until now.

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  Autism, Heard, Havens

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

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  Mean, Autism, Hug

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• Autism is the filter through which all my other senses must pass, both input and output.

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  Autism, Filters, Input

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• If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.

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  Use, Firsts, Language

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• While fighting for acceptance, we must remember that our own self worth is not determined by whether or not we get it.

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  Fighting, Acceptance, Self Worth

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