I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.
Nobel prize-calibre geniuses often have certain core autistic features at their heart.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Autism is part of who I am.
Normal' is a dryer setting.
It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.
Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.
Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.
There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.
I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is normal-so we can't know for sure what your 'normal' is even like. But so long as we can learn to love ourselves, I'm not sure how much it matters whether we're normal or autistic.
If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
Autism is an extremely variable disorder.
I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.
I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.
I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.
In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.
The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.
Hugs may come less frequently from someone with autism but when they do, you know it means everything.
I walk slowly, but never backwards.
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