I decided to study special education and fell in love with…

“We know that children with autism like order, that they are often very visual and that they can be quite literal. They deserve beautiful…

— Adele Devine

In fact, when we as neuro-typical people encounter a person with autism spectrum syndrome who's always been that way it is that we have…

— Tamlyn Tomita

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

— Jenny McCarthy

Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are…

— Temple Grandin

Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even binds our…

— James Richardson

The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a genetic component,…

— Elizabeth Emken

Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.'

— Temple Grandin

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

— Margaret Mead

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be…

— Temple Grandin

“The autistic mind is not the wave at the surface of the ocean, but the whole world that exists below.”

— Krissy Bells

In the person with autism, the brain may already be seeing the part and be less distracted by the whole, and in the person…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling.

— Temple Grandin

There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They…

— Temple Grandin

When you have autism or aspergers, it's so hard to get a social life but trust me, in the end everyone can achieve at…

— Lia

“Unfortunately, by this time it didn't matter. Self-diagnosed autistics and fakers were asking diagnosed autistics whether or not they had a diagnosis, and if…

— Thomas D. Taylor