“That night, my heart softened around Wills's autism. Clearly, Katherine had been right. I couldn't isolate him. As painful as it was… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Our brokenness is our greatest strength. I've been broken all my life, for my life is one on the spectrum with OCD… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Many autistics have rejected God and rejected religion, because they, or someone they know, have been subjected to the ministrations of faith… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
Im not a doctor or scientist. Im just a mom. But I do think theres a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental… — Holly Robinson Peete Copy Share Image
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention… — Harvey V. Fineberg Copy Share Image
“To these people, being treated for autism is akin to being treated for having homosexual proclivities. They may see attempts to treat… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“The problem for autistics and posers who don't want to be treated, is that people who do want to be treated open… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Education is supposed to help the child and parents: it mustn’t end up being a kind of holding cell. For this reason,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The biggest combatants to an in utero genetic test for autism are those who are trying to get autistics to be seen… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Too often we label things “good” or “bad” when the right designation might merely be “different.” The Israeli military needed people who… — Eric Barker 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
“At the root of the problem? That sticky wheat protein, gluten. Although the jury is still out on the connections between gluten… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Much attention has been focused on the MMR shot itself, whereas in all probability it is a combination of the three factors… — Bernard Rimland Copy Share Image
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“I do what I can and that is listen. As a person with autism, I don’t just pretend to listen. I really… — Stephen J. Bedard Copy Share Image
My brother was diagnosed with autism at age 2. At the time, I was young, so I didn't really understand what it… — Jacquelyn Jablonski Copy Share Image
“Bill Gates is said to be Aspergian. Musician Glenn Gould is said to have been Aspergian, along with scientist Albert Einstein, actor… — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
“Being exposed to a variety of people with autism is important because not all people on the spectrum are the same. Just… — Chantal Sicile-Kira Copy Share Image
If you are a mom of an autistic child, keep on giving him or her the same love you used to when… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
“Think of it: a disability is usually defined in terms of what is missing. … But autism … is as much about… — Paul Collins Copy Share Image
If you have a child with autism, and he or she has good intelligence, with no delay in language learning maybe there… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
“The neurotypical public needs to know that the failure of people with autism to communicate doesn’t stem from inner self-imprisonment: it stems… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
When our son's autism was diagnosed at the age of 2, there was no clear prognosis. We didn't even know if he'd… — Claire Scovell LaZebnik Copy Share Image
When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
“The easiest words for an autistic child to learn are nouns, because they directly relate to pictures. Highly verbal autistic children like… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
A National Database on Autism Research is fostering sharing of data and collaborations. Scientists are also making great strides at the interface… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
I have a fairly strict definition of early infantile autism. That is not to say that people who don't meet that classic… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
By including children with different learning abilities in mainstream and specialized schools, we can change attitudes and promote respect. By creating suitable… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are.… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
“We know that children with autism like order, that they are often very visual and that they can be quite literal. They… — Adele Devine Copy Share Image
The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a… — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
One out of every six American women has so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for a… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
Parents don't particularly care whether it's early infantile autism or whatever label the clinicians have put on it. All they want is… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
“I think that people with autism are born outside the regime of civilization. Sure, this is just my own made-up theory, but… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“Campaign to destigmatize so-called "mental illness" often take a wrong turning here. They try to demonstrate how suffers of some condition have… — Darian Leader Copy Share Image
