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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

The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous scientists and…

— Temple Grandin

With the right support and reasonable adjustments, autistic people make wonderful employees.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Working with children with autism is difficult, tiring work, especially since the social rewards - the smile, the eye-contact, the hug, the thank you…

— Zeynep Tufekci

Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are…

— Temple Grandin

Though Autism can be frightening and terribly demanding, it also comes with its vast share of superpowers that are unknown to the typical human.

— Andrea Suarez Paz

I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you…

— Temple Grandin

Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all the way…

— Temple Grandin

I'm seeing too many kids where they get fixated on their own autism. I'd rather have them get fixated that they like programming computers…

— Temple Grandin

I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were in the…

— Temple Grandin

Autism is a very serious condition.

— George Osborne