“I do not think God makes bad things happen just so that people can grow spiritually. Bad parents do that, my mother… — Elizabeth Moon Copy Share Image
“But in a home where grief is fresh and patience has long worn thin, making it through another day is often heroic… — Melanie Bennett 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
Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I volunteered at UCLA's occupational therapy ward, where there are lots of kids with autism and emotional problems. I just wanted to… — Fiona Apple 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
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 actually think in some ways that it might be more challenging to be bipolar because it's so mercurial - it's so… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they’re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
When we come to research, if we want to find out the cause of autism, we're going to have to be much… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
“The more frantic and desperate I become, the more I punch myself: by now, it’s no longer about punishing my brain, it’s… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Any given therapy method might well work to some degree for some people with autism, but no approach will work across the… — Naoki Higashida 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
“Every engineer, doctor, and farmer on this ship has relatives on the waiting list, too, and those relatives won’t be drug addicts.… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
“Ten minutes after loading up her plate, when Iris is sipping pale apple juice, she asks Els across the table, “I’m told… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality. — Adrienne Bailon Copy Share Image
But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." I like this… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry… — Rick Rollens Copy Share Image
“Our visuals must represent the truth and decode the verbal jumble so these children can find the right direction.” — Adele Devine Copy Share Image
If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
