I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“I want the word Autism to provoke an image of a wonderful and unique person.” — Amanda Baggs Copy Share Image
In fact, many children come to autism clinics early on with GI/bowel disturbances. — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
“Are we allowing individuals to develop their talents with our current teaching methods? Is there more or maybe less we should be… — Adele Devine Copy Share Image
I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover. — Jenny McCarthy 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
I have, throughout my private war, been a she, a you,a Donna, a me, and finally, an I…If you sense distance,you're not… — Donna Williams Copy Share Image
Anyone that tells you what does or what doesn't cause autism is simply not basing that on facts. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
“I understand perfectly why some of my autistic patients scream and flap their arms--it's to frighten off extroverts” — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer? — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Let me see if I can put this in scientific terms: Think of autism like a fart, and vaccines are the finger… — Jenny McCarthy 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
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
Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome… — Darold Treffert 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
I am the father of a 9 year-old son whose descent into the world of autism began at the age of 7… — Rick Rollens Copy Share Image
“To give the short version, I've learnt that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“A smaller plate got mixed in with the large ones I’m working on. I’m tempted to put it back into the dishwasher… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the… — David Oshinsky 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
“I may be experiencing struggles, doing more sacrifice, and adjusting to the needs of Bunso like other moms who have kids with… — Sharon Joyce S. Valdez Copy Share Image
