Autism Quotes

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well. (Claire LaZebnik)
If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the Earth, then men would still be socializing in front of a wood fire at the entrance to a cave. View quote
Temple Grandin
Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child. You may have to work harder on some of this, but that's the goal. View quote
Claire LaZebnik
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition-thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not. View quote
Michael Shermer
I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result. View quote
Temple Grandin
Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals don't think in a language. It's sensory based thinking, thinking in pictures, thinking in smells, thinking in touches. It's putting these sensory based memories into categories. View quote
Temple Grandin
Autism is an extremely variable disorder. View quote
Temple Grandin
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments. View quote
Temple Grandin
I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. View quote
Temple Grandin
When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. View quote
Temple Grandin
I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought is more robust (in its respect for the unknown, the epistemic humility) than the modern post-Enlightenment naïve pseudoscientific autism. Thus my classical values make me advocate the triplet of erudition, elegance, and courage; against modernity's phoniness, nerdiness and philistinism. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life. View quote
Clay Aiken
For a long time our son ws a little boy with autism, which was a certain kind of challenge. Now that he's a teenager with autism - and a teenager who notices girls - we're faced with something else altogether. View quote
Claire LaZebnik
When our son's autism was diagnosed at the age of 2, there was no clear prognosis. We didn't even know if he'd ever learn to talk. But we found talented people to work with him and he improved, slowly at first and then more rapidly. View quote
Claire LaZebnik
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. View quote
Nikki Reed
Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality. View quote
Adrienne Bailon
One out of six women are toxic with mercury. Mercury comes out of coal plants and chlorine plants. I am toxic, I deal with symptoms, children are born with, you know, autism - there is an epidemic in this country. This is like, the air that we breath. View quote
Daphne Zuniga
The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers. View quote
Elizabeth Emken
I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God. View quote
Fred Melamed
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations. View quote
Gary Numan
Im not a doctor or scientist. Im just a mom. But I do think theres a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental triggers. I feel like that combination, in my childs case, is what resulted in autism. (Holly Robinson Peete)
Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people. View quote
Holly Robinson Peete
As a mom, you worry about protecting your kid. But there are extra added layers of fears when you're talking about a kid with autism or who has some special needs issue. View quote
Holly Robinson Peete
The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine and the development of autism. View quote
Irwin Redlener
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one. View quote
Jim Beaver