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> [“Adults often think that fair means impartial, equitable, unbiased. Family rules, school rules, and team rules apply to each sibling, student, or teammate equally. But autism un- levels the playing field. It potholes the field. All things are not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/adults-often-think-that-fair-means-impartial-equitable-unbiased/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

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## More by Ellen Notbohm

> [“A popular Internet essay notes: “There is no egg in egg plant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. A guinea pig is neither from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/a-popular-internet-essay-notes-there-is-no-egg-in-egg-plant-neither/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“The child who lives with autism may look “normal,” but his behavior can be perplexing and downright unruly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/the-child-who-lives-with-autism-may-look-normal-but-his-behavior-can/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“There is no egg in egg plant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/there-is-no-egg-in-egg-plant-neither-apple-nor-pine-in-pineapple-a/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“Adults often think that fair means impartial, equitable, unbiased. Family rules, school rules, and team rules apply to each sibling, student, or teammate equally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/adults-often-think-that-fair-means-impartial-equitable-unbiased/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“If you’re treading quicksand in the swamp of what-might- have-been, you can be sure that’s the message your child gets. You’re a rare person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/if-you-re-treading-quicksand-in-the-swamp-of-what-might-have-been-you/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“Think of it as affirmative brainwashing. The more you articulate your child’s strengths and gifts, the more both of you grow to believe it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/think-of-it-as-affirmative-brainwashing-the-more-you-articulate-your/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“The word “autistic” is accurate. But so are other words that we no longer use to describe people: spinster (unmarried woman), hobo (migrant worker),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/the-word-autistic-is-accurate-but-so-are-other-words-that-we-no/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

> [“Cognitive and social learning cannot break through to a child whose world is intrusively loud, blindingly bright, unbearably malodorous and physically complicated to navigate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-notbohm/cognitive-and-social-learning-cannot-break-through-to-a-child-whose/)

[Ellen Notbohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-notbohm/)

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