Autism Quotes - Page 2

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.

Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution.

If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.

You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.

What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.

Autism is part of who I am.

Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.

I walk slowly, but never backwards.

The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

I choose not to place "DIS," in my ability.

My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger's syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses.

Children with Autism aren't missing. Instead, they are off making discoveries

It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.

If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.

There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.

This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.

There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.