Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth Moon

Normal' is a dryer setting.

Ban Ki-moon

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.

Abraham Lincoln

I walk slowly, but never backwards.

Brad Pitt

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

Ban Ki-moon

Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path.

Clay Aiken

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.

Claire Danes

You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented.

Andrew Solomon

There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

Doug Flutie

The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

Thomas R. Insel

A National Database on Autism Research is fostering sharing of data and collaborations. Scientists are also making great strides at the interface of biology and engineering with new technologies that are laying the groundwork for future advances.

Michael Johnson

With as many as 50 percent of children with autistic disorder experiencing regular GI problems, we recognize the significant impact these issues have on the autism community, which currently has limited information on the cause and appropriate treatments.

We were told to sit down, take a deep breath, and then the doctor told us that David had a pervasive development disorder on the autism spectrum.

For a long time our son was 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.

Many doctors who treat children for autism claim they are suffering from mercury or lead toxicity. There is not sufficient evidence that autism is caused by mercury or lead toxicity.

Like the distribution center we'll open next year in Anderson, S.C., our goal for this facility is to have one-third of the workforce made up of disabled employees working side-by-side with other team members. We're doing this because it's the right thing to do. Seventy percent of adults with disabilities - and 95 percent of people with autism - will never be offered a job. I believe we can, and will, make a difference for many of them.

Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy.

You're silly. Why are you doing that? Sensory is a key part of autism and it's extremely important to know if you're working with autistic children.

George Osborne

Autism is a very serious condition.

Hugh Dancy

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.

The theory that autism is the extreme of the male brain is not strongly supported by these data,

(Conductive education) is not a good fit for other disorders, like autism and Down syndrome, ... It's designed specifically for motor skill disabilities and it doesn't work well with cognitive disabilities.

Jenny McCarthy

The reason why the medical community is reluctant to talk about it is because there's such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.

Jenny McCarthy

I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.

Martina Navratilova

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

Mary Bono

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

John Travolta

Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses.

Jon Krakauer

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

Temple Grandin

One of the places where research is needed is all the sensory problems. And you get sensory problems not just with autism, but with dyslexia, learning problems, ADHD, attention deficit, you know, things like sound sensitivity, problems with fluorescent lighting.

Temple Grandin

But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.

Temple Grandin

My Advice is: You always have to keep persevering.

Temple Grandin

From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.

Temple Grandin

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

Temple Grandin

Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism.