The autistic personality is an extreme variant of male intelligence. — Hans Asperger Copy Share Image
Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true. — Stuart Duncan Copy Share Image
I read a lot on autism, which is surprisingly and annoyingly a huge mystery. — Andrea Suarez Paz Copy Share Image
“We have evidence that autistic people’s mirror mechanism is impaired.” — Stefan Klein Copy Share Image
Autism; It's not new just because you haven't heard of it until now. — Stuart Duncan Copy Share Image
If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism. — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
A friend of mine works for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that is making a real difference in the lives of… — Adrienne Bailon Copy Share Image
Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution. — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
“Education is that component which brings in a meaningful relationship between the happenings around us and how our senses experience them.” — Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay Copy Share Image
I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover. — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
I have, throughout my private war, been a she, a you,a Donna, a me, and finally, an I…If you sense distance,you're not… — Donna Williams Copy Share Image
“I understand perfectly why some of my autistic patients scream and flap their arms--it's to frighten off extroverts” — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
As a mom, you worry about protecting your kid. But there are extra added layers of fears when you're talking about a… — Holly Robinson Peete Copy Share Image
These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One of the places where research is needed is all the sensory problems. And you get sensory problems not just with autism,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“My point: please don’t think that by not pushing someone toward a goal or by not stretching their abilities, you’re automatically making… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
William Stillman continues his fascinating exploration of the myriad connections between autism and human personality. The Soul of Autism makes a strong… — Dean Hamer Copy Share Image
I deliver babies for a living. I have certainly delivered more than 150 children in my lifetime, yet I'm always puzzled when… — Manny Alvarez Copy Share Image
If you have high-functioning autism, you may well have a lot of autistic traits but if you've got a particular lifestyle where… — Simon Baron-Cohen 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
“What I wish to say is this: the value of a person shouldn’t be fixed solely by his or her skills and… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“She unwinds her scarf, taking so long about it that I wonder if she expects me to respond. “You were following the… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
“I would be remiss if I didn't say a little bit about morally conservative autistics. This group of people often seem to… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Alternatively, diagnosed autistics, self-diagnosed people, people in the process of getting a diagnosis, people seeking a diagnosis, wannabees, or misdiagnosed individuals will… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Sonnet on The Spectrum (Diary of An Autistic Neuroscientist) We, on the spectrum, are often misconstrued as rude or audacious. Problem is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There's a famous expression that if you've met one person with autism, then... you've met one person with autism. So you met… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
Autism doesn't seem to have a seasonal component, unlike some forms of depression. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I want the word Autism to provoke an image of a wonderful and unique person.” — Amanda Baggs Copy Share Image
In fact, many children come to autism clinics early on with GI/bowel disturbances. — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
