Thomas McKean, an autistic champion of self-advocacy

“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