Autistic Quotes
60 quotes by 42 authors
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When parents say, ‘I wish my child did not have autism,’ what they’re really saying is, ‘I wish the autistic child I have did not…
— Jim Sinclair
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As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised in a barren…
— Temple Grandin
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Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child.
— Stuart Duncan
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People will make a life in their own terms, whether they are deaf or colorblind or autistic or whatever. And their world will be quite…
— Oliver Sacks
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My son was autistic, and he suffered from seizure disorder every 5 to 10 days. He would suffer a seizure that would last 45 seconds…
— John Travolta
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We can change the lives of autistic children. We can make a difference. There are hundreds of families in Florida who can't afford the therapists.
— Dan Marino
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No one’s forcing you to do this. You willingly tie yourself to these leashes. And you willingly become utterly socially autistic. You no longer pick…
— Dave Eggers
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Mom worked with autistic children.
— Isabel Lucas
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Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.
— Melanie Roach
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My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.
— Nikki Reed
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I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't…
— Clay Aiken
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At one point, my house was a school for autistic children. I opened up my doors to about 30 kids and their families at the…
— Jenny McCarthy
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Vaccination programs were instituted in the late 1930s, and the first handful of autistic babies were noted in the early 1940s. When vaccination programs were…
— Harris L Coulter
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In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness…
— Thomas Berry
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Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is…
— Temple Grandin
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You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out.
— Temple Grandin
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I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for…
— Temple Grandin
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The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's…
— Temple Grandin
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Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.
— Temple Grandin
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Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children have problems with…
— Temple Grandin
Who Wrote These Autistic Quotes
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