Autism Quotes - Page 9

• If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Hero

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Grace

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

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• We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Real, Epidemics

  "Preventing Another Generation of Children With Autism" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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  Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

  Margaret Mead

  Education, Teacher, Children

  Margaret Mead (1973). “Coming of Age in Samoa”

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• My Advice is: You always have to keep persevering.

  Temple Grandin

  Advice

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• If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.

  Temple Grandin

  Ifs

  Interview with Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• The reason why [the medical community] is reluctant to talk about it is because there's such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Community, Reason Why, Medical

  "16 Things Jenny McCarthy Has Actually Said" by Aly Weisman, www.businessinsider.com. July 15, 2013.

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• Katie, 90% of the things you worry about don't happen, and the 10% that do, you can't do anything about.

  Mary Fisher

  Worry, Happens, Katie

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• Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possilble. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Change, Power

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.40, Penguin

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• Vaccination programs were instituted in the late 1930s, and the first handful of autistic babies were noted in the early 1940s. When vaccination programs were expanded after the war, the number of autistic children increased greatly.

  Harris L Coulter

  Baby, Children, War

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• I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Enough, Importance

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Autism is a very serious condition.

  George Osborne

  Serious, Conditions

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• Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.

  Daniel Tammet

  Happy Life, Media, Negative

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• Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses.

  John Travolta

  Illness, Areas, Known

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• Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.

  Holly Robinson Peete

  Teenager, Compassion, People

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• As a mom, you worry about protecting your kid. But there are extra added layers of fears when you're talking about a kid with autism or who has some special needs issue.

  Holly Robinson Peete

  Mom, Kids, Talking

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• We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Music, Dance, Dancing

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.198, Penguin

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• A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

  Eda LeShan

  Inspirational, Dream, Baby

  Eda J. LeShan (1967). “The Conspiracy Against Childhood”, New York : Atheneum

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• I strongly believe as a mother, as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism and some of it is very much the chemicals in our environment and in our food.

  Kelly Preston

  Mother, Husband, Believe

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• Let me see if I can put this in scientific terms: Think of autism like a fart, and vaccines are the finger you pull to make it happen.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Thinking, Vaccines, Fart

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• There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

  Andrew Solomon

  Way, Deaf, Cures

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• I can only imagine how difficult it must be for someone facing racial or social prejudices to add autism to their list of struggles. It might be less stressful and at times, easier, to ignore the autism.

  Liane Holliday Willey

  Struggle, Prejudice, Add

  Source: www.pathfindermentoring.com

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• I did not mean to suggest that autism could be traced to Neanderthal genes. The point is that some genes that have been implicated in autism changed pretty significantly between the time Neanderthal line and human line split.

  Elizabeth Kolbert

  Mean, Neanderthals, Splits

  "Ask the Author Live: Elizabeth Kolbert on Neanderthals". The New Yorker interview, www.newyorker.com. August 12, 2011.

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• Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

  Samuel Butler

  Teacher, Appreciation, Flower

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• One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

  Luke Ford

  Kids, Growing, These Days

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