Top 41 Autism Spectrum Quotes
#1. Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'
Temple Grandin
#2. Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds become autism? That's a gray area. Half the people in Silicon Valley probably have autism.
Temple Grandin
#3. The more the "Autism World" is invested in politics it will continue to implode and more voices will be lost as a result
Paul Isaacs
#4. Know your own child's behaviors and look deeper to find their meaning. Be the expert for your child. Discover the wonderful.
Liz Becker
#5. It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.
Temple Grandin
#6. I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased.
Temple Grandin
#7. There is a lot of fuss about whether or not Asperger's is on the autism spectrum, but to be honest, it doesn't matter. It's a term we use to get Jacob the accommodations he needs in school, not a label to explain who he is
Jodi Picoult
#8. I want you to understand I'm not lost in my own world, I'm just hiding from yours
Tina J. Richardson
#10. Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.
Claire Danes
#11. If people treat you badly for being different it says so much more about what is lacking in them than what is lacking in you.
Jeanette Purkis
#12. Autistic reality is of much value as non-Autistic reality
Jeanette Purkis
#14. I am now a faded image of my former being,
I let that persona go.
I like myself for who I am and I choose to be, me.
Tina J. Richardson
#15. If you can still wipe your own backside then life's not that bad!
E.J. Plows
#16. My brother was diagnosed with autism at age 2. At the time, I was young, so I didn't really understand what it all meant. The doctors thought there was a possibility my brother wouldn't be able to speak - he was diagnosed on the severe end of the spectrum.
Jacquelyn Jablonski
#17. You are the CEO of your own life. It;s you making the decisions
Jeanette Purkis
#19. I feel everything intensely, but sometimes I can't feel anything, I'm either hyper aware or numb.
Tina J. Richardson
#20. I more the "Autism World" gets imploded with politics the less voices will be heard.
Paul Isaacs
#21. She may do things differently to you, but who says you are doing things right?
Tina J. Richardson
#22. Sometimes i feel upset but don't have the word to explain what really is wrong. Because most of the time I'm not sure what is actually wrong. I have trouble recognizing my emotions and feelings.
Tina J. Richardson
#23. Get up, stand up and look up into your future as an independent human being. Every one has the right to an independent life, especially us Aspies.
Jeanette Purkis
#24. there was a time I was dark, sad and a recluse
I did not understand why I felt like I did.Then my life changed.
I was diagnosed and suddenly my world made sense.
Tina J. Richardson
#25. Being autistic makes me hyper sense things in the world.
Music can intensely enter my soul piercing my inner workings like a light pulsing through me. it can be such an amazing experience
Tina J. Richardson
#26. Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you know, Van Gogh. And at the other end of the spectrum, you got much more severe handicaps where they never learn to speak.
Temple Grandin
#27. My need to be where it is quiet is a real need. The world is way too intense to cope with every day.
Tina J. Richardson
#29. Matt is the light of my life. When he's away the world seems a bit darker, as if the color of life has drained away.
Liz Becker
#30. She felt lost and misunderstood. She felt like she was drowning. Overwhelmed. Unaccepted. Alone.
Tina J. Richardson
#31. One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.
Luke Ford
#32. Being young is hard. I was so isolated and alienated when I was young. All I wanted was a friend. I want the world to be different for young Auties than it was for me.
Jeanette Purkis
#33. Remember a person with Autism isn't a set of symptoms or statistics always remember and remind them that they're a person first.
Paul Isaacs
#34. The light filtered through the trees, rays of sunlight splitting around the vast trunks, the branches above us fluttering in a faint wind, and the green needles of Douglas Firs shimmering silver underneath in the breeze.
Ned Hayes
#35. From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.
Temple Grandin
#36. Will interrupts him. "What do you know about people on the autism spectrum?" Owen
Leta Blake
#37. Respect for diversity doesn't just make a happier workplace, it improves productivity and is good for the business
Jeanette Purkis
#38. It's become horribly and offensively popular to say that someone is on the autism spectrum, so all I'll say is his inability to notice when I was crying had to be some kind of pathology.
Lena Dunham
#39. As an autistic, I have thoughts and ideas of my own. Not all people on the spectrum think the same.
Tina J. Richardson
#40. Routines provide an avenue to work through fear. He knew where we were going and what to expect and could make plans to conquer specific fears as all else was the same. It allowed focus.
Liz Becker
#41. As a child she was unique, she was a dreamer, she lived in her own world. Where it was safe.
Tina J. Richardson
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