Autism Quote by Thomas D. Taylor

“Most autistics will reveal their perseverative interests when they are interested in finding someone else to talk to about them. Sometimes, however, self-diagnosed autistics,…

— Thomas D. Taylor

People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think.

— Temple Grandin

Research demonstrates that autistic traits are distributed into the non-autistic population; some people have more of them, some have fewer. History suggests that many…

— Morton Ann Gernsbacher

“In reality, if they are autistic, they may either identified as:   ◦         High-functioning, or ◦         Low-functioning   by their physicians. But diagnosed autistics,…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“For the record, I seldom see real-life autistics stalking people online with the zeal that fakers do, and I do not often see them…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“But the numbers of people who call themselves autistic can be advantageous to autistic advocacy organizations when they try to present autistics as a…

— Thomas D. Taylor

“Asperger felt that autistic people could have beneficial talents, especially what he called a “particular originality of thought” that was often beautiful and pure,…

— Michael Finkel

“I want the word Autism to provoke an image of a wonderful and unique person.”

— Amanda Baggs

The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.

— Temple Grandin

“Why was it considered normal for a girl to live for fashion and makeup, but not car engines or bugs? And what about sports…

— Tara Kelly

“Because many autistic people take what people say at face value, they are easily duped and swindled. Try”

— 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