Vaccination programs were instituted in the late 1930s, and the first handful of autistic babies were noted in the early 1940s. When… — Harris L Coulter Copy Share Image
The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Back then, people thought if you could talk you didn't have autism. I was just seen as this slightly odd child. I… — Anne Hegerty Copy Share Image
“Don’t fall into the trap of believing that if we are good at one thing, we will be good at some totally… — Autism Women's Network Copy Share Image
One thing I'd like to just keep on doing is I want to educate people about animal behavior and about autism. I've… — Temple Grandin 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
“But the numbers of people who call themselves autistic can be advantageous to autistic advocacy organizations when they try to present autistics… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
They claim that autism naturally occurs at about 18 months, when the MMR is routinely given, so the association is merely coincidental… — Bernard Rimland Copy Share Image
“Hearing those four little words, 'Your child has autism,' can hit parents like a Mack Truck, leaving them scared, confused,and overwhelmed. Once… — Deanna Picon Copy Share Image
Exploring Feelings for Young Children with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger's Disorder: The STAMP Treatment Manual offers practical recommendations and creative practices that… — Liane Holliday Willey Copy Share Image
“The word “autistic” is accurate. But so are other words that we no longer use to describe people: spinster (unmarried woman), hobo… — Ellen Notbohm Copy Share Image
Autism reaches out in many different directions. It can be associated with language delays. It can be associated with epilepsy. It can… — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
I do clearly have quite a lot of the behavioural traits that people who are diagnosed as autistic do have. But it's… — Tom Rosenthal Copy Share Image
It may be true in the case of autism that if you start off with a deficit in terms of empathy or… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Among both individuals with high-functioning autism or Asperger and their parents, many are superfast at spotting details. You hardly have time to… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
“I attended a symposium, an event named after a fifth century (B.C.) Athenian drinking party in which nonnerds talked about love; alas,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
People are also dying from vaccinations. Evan, my son, died in front of me for two minutes. You ask any mother in… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Traveling with people who have special needs might present difficulties, but please, let it happen. We all need a break and a… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Most people think that it would be hard to be on a set or act for people with autism. But when you… — Brigette Lundy-Paine Copy Share Image
I'm not a doctor or scientist. I'm just a mom. But I do think there's a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental… — Holly Robinson Peete Copy Share Image
“Even autistics who are self-assured, self-actualized, and happy with who they are, recognize that not all of their traits are spectacular, or… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
One out of six women are toxic with mercury. Mercury comes out of coal plants and chlorine plants. I am toxic, I… — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that I might be slightly autistic. There might be a syndrome that hasn't been named. I don't seem to… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Over the years, autism has almost been a diagnosis in the eye of the beholder, which allows for all kinds of arguments… — John Donvan Copy Share Image
Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I've got my one area I work in and I want to educate people about autism and I also want to improve,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Like any skill, systemising occurs on a bell curve in the population, with some people being faster at spotting patterns than others.… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
An art project, a hands-on science experiment, or a special field trip can transcend textbooks and flash cards. No one knows this… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Rubella, Talipes, Amsterdam dwarfism, Austism, Asthma, Eczema, Epilepsy - the Sacred Disease. Moth madness, Papa calls it. Said Daniel. The Epilepsy, Papa… — Emma Henderson Copy Share Image
I think the core criterion is the social awkwardness, but the sensory issues are a serious problem in many, many cases of… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“The argument most often heard in favor of the registries after they are established, is that, given the violence perpetuated by many… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“We do take pleasure in one thing that you probably won't be able to guess. Namely, making friends with nature. ... nature… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The amount of bickering that most autistics engage in over politics is probably no greater than the bickering seen between people who… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“A counterargument is that nonfunctional autistics who could benefit from a treatment and a cure but elect not to pursue either of… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
