“Some really do want to prepare themselves, and in these cases, the preparedness is primarily emotional. They want to love that baby as much as possible, come hell or high water, and to make every possible preparation they can so… — 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
