Autism Quotes - page 3

Autism is a very serious condition. (George Osborne)
Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good. View quote
Harvey V. Fineberg
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others. View quote
Harvey V. Fineberg
People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up. View quote
Jason Katims
A child gets vaccinated and soon after, autism symptoms emerge. The apparent cause-and-effect is understandable but erroneous - more a coincidence of the calendar and childhood developmental stages than anything else, as repeated and exhaustive studies have shown. View quote
Jeffrey Kluger
Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation. View quote
Mary Bono
My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs. View quote
Steve Earle
To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members. View quote
Ban Ki-moon
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. View quote
Daniel Tammet
Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life. View quote
Daniel Tammet
Now, the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, "Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot." (Michael Savage)
I had never had any experience of autism before and I would come home and look at my son, Billy, who is now two, and be absolutely paranoid, particularly because he loves Thomas the Tank Engine, and lots of autys love Thomas. But he is not very good at pointing, and autistic children absolutely love pointing. View quote
Helena Bonham Carter
I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing. View quote
William Gibson
We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism? View quote
Jenny McCarthy
Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step list on what to do next.' But doctors don't do that. They say 'sorry' and move you along. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way. (Jenny McCarthy)
Parents of recovered children, and I've met hundreds, all share the same experience of doubters and deniers telling us our child must have never even had autism or that the recovery was simply nature's course. We all know better, and frankly we're too busy helping other parents to really care. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
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. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. View quote
Jenny McCarthy
If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles. View quote
Jenny McCarthy