Autism Quote by Simon Baron-Cohen

People with psychopathy are very good at reading the minds of their victims. That's probably most clearly seen in deception.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

In the person with autism, the brain may already be seeing the part and be less distracted by the whole, and in the person…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Difficulty empathising translates into a whole set of hurdles. You might be last person to get the point of a joke, which can leave…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

The idea of a cure for autism is itself controversial. Some people with autism say they don't want to be cured, because autism gives…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autistic people's disabilities are widely known, but one of their best-established strengths is their attention to detail.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

If you have a child with autism, and he or she has good intelligence, with no delay in language learning maybe there is an…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

I try to keep an open mind.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Autism spectrum disorders are linked to other problems: Most of the people we see in our Asperger clinic for adults also suffer from clinical…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

What we want is that one day every workplace will be diverse - we already encourage that with gender and ethnicity, but the next…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

When I first started in this field there were all kinds of stereotypes about autism, as if these were children from another planet, or…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

A diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome can be useful to help a person understand why they have had difficulties.

— Simon Baron-Cohen