Life Quote by Thomas D. Taylor

“Unfortunately, by this time it didn't matter. Self-diagnosed autistics and fakers were asking diagnosed autistics whether or not they had a diagnosis, and if…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Be that as it may, some of those that would no longer be diagnosed “autistic” today were diagnosed on the autism spectrum and accepted…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“This hardly needs to be stated, but if a faith healer tries to “heal” an autistic person, the implied message is that the “healer”…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Whom a person in the autism community is friends with is very important. Alliances are forged against people who have certain friends, and these…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“The person generally agreed upon by many to be the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, described autistics as “Little Monsters”…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“It seems as though autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it is even…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Recently, Temple Grandin's mother, Eustacia Cutler, wrote and article that tried to explain why some autistic men seem to have a sexual preoccupation with…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“The problem with this theory is that   ◦         Thimerosal is not mercury itself, but a mercury compound   ◦         Thimerosal is not the…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Hypersensitivities occur when sensitivities are strongly heightened, many times uncomfortably so. Hypo-sensitivities occur when there is a lesser reaction to a sensation than one…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Because “cold” mothers exhibit traits (possibly as the result of genetic makeup) similar to those displayed by autistic children, it was at one time…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“An additional problem occurs when people may infer they have synesthesia when they really do not, or they may pretend to have it when…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize autistics as…

— Thomas D. Taylor