And I'm autistic, which means I can be hyperfocused but also all over the place at the same time. I think I'm… — Jack Monroe 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
No relationship is without its difficulties and this is certainly true when one or both of the persons involved has an autistic… — Daniel Tammet 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
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to… — Temple Grandin 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
My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
When parents say, ‘I wish my child did not have autism,’ what they’re really saying is, ‘I wish the autistic child I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had never had any experience of autism before and I would come home and look at my son, Billy, who is… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
“She unwinds her scarf, taking so long about it that I wonder if she expects me to respond. “You were following the… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
“And I think for a moment, because people don't actually ask that very often. They tell me what they think I feel… — Rachael Lucas Copy Share Image
“Sonnet on The Spectrum (Diary of An Autistic Neuroscientist) We, on the spectrum, are often misconstrued as rude or audacious. Problem is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I go to all the appointments. All the meetings. I sit with the team of inclusion teachers, occupational therapists, doctors, social workers,… — Kelley Jo Burke Copy Share Image
Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“I mean: if you’re going outside to look for your sister, I get it.” Max goes silent. Maybe Mirjam’s death is hitting… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
Our difficulty is that we have become autistic. We no longer listen to what the Earth, its landscape, its atmospheric phenomena and… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
There is three different ways that autistic kids will interact with animals.And they also need to make sure that they're not getting… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language;… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
A lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't often know where my ideas come from. Maybe it's the fact that I'm obsessively regimented in my analysis, borderline autistic.… — Jeffrey Gundlach Copy Share Image
“They called Matthew March "autistic" as a child. What no one had known was that he was not closed into a world… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Certainly not everybody that is different is necessarily autistic, but there are a lot of undiagnosed people, and it's not necessarily something… — Jasika Nicole Copy Share Image
The first expert said he had attention deficit disorder. The second expert said the first was out of order. One said he… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
“Why was it considered normal for a girl to live for fashion and makeup, but not car engines or bugs? And what… — Tara Kelly Copy Share Image
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
We are convinced, then, that autistic people have their place in the organism of the social community. They fulfil their role well,… — Hans Asperger Copy Share Image
No one’s forcing you to do this. You willingly tie yourself to these leashes. And you willingly become utterly socially autistic. You… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“Here though, there are no oppressors. No one's forcing you to do this. You willingly tie yourself to these leashes. And you… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“We, on the spectrum, are often misconstrued as rude or audacious. Problem is not that we feel too little, but that we… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Some of the old diseases that we think are gone - case in point, measles - are back, now that somebody has… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“If the frustrations are not surrounded by anxiety, fear of life, insecure love and support, then the child progresses easily and naturally… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“The word “autistic” is accurate. But so are other words that we no longer use to describe people: spinster (unmarried woman), hobo… — Ellen Notbohm Copy Share Image
In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
There's a reason why trainspotters are not girls, there's a reason why there's the myth of the slightly autistic male genius, there's… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters;… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
