Affects Quote by Adrienne Bailon

Genes are thought to contribute a certain amount to the cause of autism but it's not 100 per cent. It might be about 60…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been…

— Temple Grandin

The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a genetic component,…

— Elizabeth Emken

We are convinced, then, that autistic people have their place in the organism of the social community. They fulfil their role well, perhaps better…

— Hans Asperger

Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the…

— Jenny McCarthy

There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital that we…

— Manny Alvarez

“Another reason for people running autistic advocacy groups to get on autism registries is because the need for autistic rights groups is diminishing in…

— Thomas D. Taylor

Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case…

— Claire Danes

What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more…

— Thomas R. Insel

Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.

— Harvey V. Fineberg

Most people think that it would be hard to be on a set or act for people with autism. But when you think about…

— Brigette Lundy-Paine

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

— Luke Ford