“Jack was the kind of guy you could take into any situation and he would figure out how to fit in. Wayne,… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
“That’s very trusting.” Iris watches Anke search our backpacks. “We’re saving people’s lives. We thought we could be,”Anke says. I’m more fixated… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem,… — Roger Ross Williams 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
“Divergent Dynamite (The Sonnet) You only know my infinite radiance, you got no clue to my innate hurricane. Day in and day… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow.… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Nobel prize-calibre geniuses often have certain core autistic features at their heart. — Allan Snyder Copy Share Image
I can't hang around with lots of people these days because I am hypersensitive. So when I am around a lot of… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In America we've spent over a billion dollars on autism research. What have we got for that? We've not seen anything that's… — Ari Ne'eman Copy Share Image
“Children with disabilities are stronger than we know, they fight the battles that most will never know.” — Misti Renea Neely Copy Share Image
“I thank the bullies who bullied me in many ways they taught how not to treat other human beings, not to manipulate,… — Paul Isaacs Copy Share Image
Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
There's no doubt having an autistic child represents tremendous challenges for both the children and their parents, but in my experience, it… — Manny Alvarez Copy Share Image
Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child. — Stuart Duncan Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed, mothers were blamed for causing autism. There was no autism support. They'd put autistic kids in institutions. I… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Lord, let me write, leave me autistic and typing until my windows bust into a thousand silver doves and I know the… — Buddy Wakefield Copy Share Image
You take somebody - one person has definitely got autism, you got another person that maybe has some of those traits and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Social interactions can be enormously challenging for people on the spectrum. That's part of the reason that unemployment among autistic adults hovers… — John Donvan Copy Share Image
A woman told me her child was autistic, and I thought she said artistic. So I said, 'Oh great. I'd like to… — George Carlin Copy Share Image