“If there is one part of the world that should be suffering from severe autism, it is people who live in the… — Thomas D. Taylor 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
“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
“Unfortunately, by this time it didn't matter. Self-diagnosed autistics and fakers were asking diagnosed autistics whether or not they had a diagnosis,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“What these autistic rights groups also fail to understand, is that every time funding increases -or a law is passed- while that… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“An additional problem occurs when people may infer they have synesthesia when they really do not, or they may pretend to have… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Increasingly, lawmakers and law enforcement authorities are not being fooled by the “autism made me do it” defense. This may actually be… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“This can be true, although interestingly, it is usually tainted breast milk that is blamed for either “poisoning” a child and causing… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It seems as though autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Most autistics' opinions fall somewhere in the middle, with autistic people believing that institutionalization may be necessary in some circumstances, but whenever… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“To call oneself a journalist when one has no established qualifications is “bad”, but to tack the “autistic” qualifier onto title is… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Most autistics will reveal their perseverative interests when they are interested in finding someone else to talk to about them. Sometimes, however,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Whom a person in the autism community is friends with is very important. Alliances are forged against people who have certain friends,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“But the numbers of people who call themselves autistic can be advantageous to autistic advocacy organizations when they try to present autistics… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“A counterargument is that nonfunctional autistics who could benefit from a treatment and a cure but elect not to pursue either of… — 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
“If you are an autistic synesthete, you may be held in higher esteem by some than if you do not have it.… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The person generally agreed upon by many to be the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, described autistics as… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The amount of bickering that most autistics engage in over politics is probably no greater than the bickering seen between people who… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“This theory arrogates autistics to a level above that of their non-autistic counterparts. It implies that to be autistic is to be… — Thomas D. Taylor 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
“Be that as it may, some of those that would no longer be diagnosed “autistic” today were diagnosed on the autism spectrum… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“And lots of autistics like to play video games. How much electromagnetic radiation are they getting, sitting in front of the TV,… — Thomas D. Taylor 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
“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
“It would behoove readers of autistic nonfiction to be less trusting than they are. There are of course many trustworthy authors of… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, some real autistics who have real problems that cannot be helped by military schools or boot camps, find themselves in military… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“As in the matter of cures, treatments are usually argued against using patient's rights or civil rights as a defense. What makes… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“A secondary problem is that childhood vaccines in modern times do not contain thimerosal (although some flu vaccines do), yet while the… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Bolstering the idea that many names for autism have come and gone is the fact that in 2013 the DSM V eliminated… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It is not unusual in the autism community for whole groups of people to work in concert to intimidate their target. Doing… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“For the record, I seldom see real-life autistics stalking people online with the zeal that fakers do, and I do not often… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Another reason for people running autistic advocacy groups to get on autism registries is because the need for autistic rights groups is… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“In reality, if they are autistic, they may either identified as: ◦ High-functioning, or ◦ Low-functioning by their physicians. But… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“This person has no reservations about pushing the envelope to get what he wants, going so far as to stage meltdowns in… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Be that as it may, some of those that would no longer be diagnosed “autistic” today were diagnosed on the autism spectrum and accepted… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“This hardly needs to be stated, but if a faith healer tries to “heal” an autistic person, the implied message is that the “healer”… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Whom a person in the autism community is friends with is very important. Alliances are forged against people who have certain friends, and these… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The person generally agreed upon by many to be the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, described autistics as “Little Monsters”… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It seems as though autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it is even… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Recently, Temple Grandin's mother, Eustacia Cutler, wrote and article that tried to explain why some autistic men seem to have a sexual preoccupation with… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The problem with this theory is that ◦ Thimerosal is not mercury itself, but a mercury compound ◦ Thimerosal is not the… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Hypersensitivities occur when sensitivities are strongly heightened, many times uncomfortably so. Hypo-sensitivities occur when there is a lesser reaction to a sensation than one… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Because “cold” mothers exhibit traits (possibly as the result of genetic makeup) similar to those displayed by autistic children, it was at one time… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“An additional problem occurs when people may infer they have synesthesia when they really do not, or they may pretend to have it when… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize autistics as… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
