Nobel prize-calibre geniuses often have certain core autistic features at their heart. — Allan Snyder Copy Share Image
It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential. — Hans Asperger Copy Share Image
I see people with Asperger's syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life. — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
“When you have a defect, some people try not to see it only as a defect, but as your entire identity.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution. — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
When you have autism or aspergers, it's so hard to get a social life but trust me, in the end everyone can… — Lia Copy Share Image
“If you don’t know how to deal with emotion, other people’s feelings can hit you like a drug.” — Jael McHenry Copy Share Image
Not everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior". — Hans Asperger Copy Share Image
Warhol was a prime example of a schizoid person. Maybe he had Asperger's, or maybe he was just an amorous human being… — Jim Shaw Copy Share Image
From my clinical experience, I consider that children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome have a different, not defective, way of thinking. — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with… — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
Like if you're Jewish you have to wear a hat, but only in the middle of your head. But it all becomes… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see the signals… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it… — James Durbin Copy Share Image
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… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can… — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
Asperger's doesn't define me. It's a condition that I have to live with and work through, but I feel more relaxed about… — Susan Boyle Copy Share Image
My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“Females with ASDs often develop ‘coping mechanisms’ that can cover up the intrinsic difficulties they experience. They may mimic their peers, watch… — Liane Holliday Willey Copy Share Image
“Anxiety isn't an attack that explodes out of me; it's not a volcano that lies dormant until it's triggered by an earth-shattering… — Jen Wilde; queens of geek Copy Share Image
The first expert said he had attention deficit disorder. The second expert said the first was out of order. One said he… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
“I've met so many parents of the kids who are on the low end of the autism spectrum, kids who are diametrically… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The thing is, autism is all different, you know, variables. And you start out with a certain amount of, you know, the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Far too many people on the spectrum spend most of their days with people who carry around memories of, and are often… — Michael John Carley Copy Share Image
We have to be careful that we don't keep multiplying disorders and diluting them. I think there is a difference. People talk… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
As the diagnosis of autism is increasing the diagnosis of mental retardation is decreasing. And more and more on the other end,… — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
“Those close to [Patricia Highsmith], particularly her family, often commented on how Highsmith's vision of reality was a warped one. In April… — Andrew Wilson Copy Share Image
There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury” — T.K. Thorne Copy Share Image
I feel like schizoid is a precursor to schizophrenia or manic depression. I feel like I'm manic. I have parts of schizoid,… — Jim Shaw Copy Share Image
“People don't suffer from Asperger's. They suffer because they're depressed from being beat up and left out all the time” — Justin Mulvaney Copy Share Image
If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I say stupid things. Sometimes I’m unaware. Sometimes I’ll read you wrong. I’m sorry” — Dean Mackin Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image