Autistic Person Quotes

#1. I am fine as an autistic person, value me as I am. Don't look at me as a broken neurotypical.

Tina J. Richardson

#2. It is my own personal opinion that for someone to state that an autistic person 'lacks empathy' is to declare ignorance of the reality of autism.

Liz Becker

#3. The Internet may be the best thing yet for improving an autistic person's social life.

Temple Grandin

#4. I've never felt just like me, just like Alison. I can't be myself in this family because it's more important that I be ... this person who's not ... Adam. Who's normal. Smart. Good. Who's not ... Autistic.

Nancy Werlin

#5. The Tragedy isn't Autism - The Tragedy is the lack of understanding of Autism, Lack of resources, Interventions not being met with the person in mind and Assumptions being made about the person.

Paul Isaacs

#6. I wish people would see us as people first, I really dislike it when people just see 'Autism' with me and thats all i hear all the time. I'm autistic, yes. But think of me as a person always, a human like you.

Tina J. Richardson

#7. Certainly not everybody that is different is necessarily autistic, but there are a lot of undiagnosed people, and it's not necessarily something that needs to have attention to it, unless that person is feeling uncomfortable in the world or they need extra help or something.

Jasika Nicole

#8. If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language' ... you're not putting the person first.

Stuart Duncan

#9. Autism is not something I "have" it's not an add on. This is why I call myself autistic. Not person "with" autism.

Tina J. Richardson

#10. I'm not a neurotypical person with an autism add on. I am autistic.

Tina J. Richardson

#11. Not Speaking has no reflection on what is being thought on the inside, being a non-verbal person with Autism in my early years I've come to value words, they shouldn't be wasted nor abused they should be cherished used positively and productively.

Paul Isaacs

#12. Do not fear people with Autism, embrace them, Do not spite people with Autism unite them, Do not deny people with Autism accept them for then their abilities will shine

Paul Isaacs

#13. I'm not a hero for living autistic. I'm a person just like you. Just living my life.

Tina J. Richardson

#14. I am a whole person. I'm not a neurotypical person with an 'autism' part. I'm not a disabled neurotypical. I am a whole autisic person!.

Tina J. Richardson

#15. Even the word "disorder" is a trigger word for some, myself included. Today, I prefer to write and say, "I am autistic," or "I am Aspie," when referring to myself, versus "a person with autism/Aspergers." Primarily because I don't have Aspergers - rather, I am Aspie.

Samantha Craft

#16. I don't HAVE Autism, I am Autistic. It doesn't mean I see myself as a 'disability' first and a person second. I'm me, you cannot separate 'the Autism' out of me. I'm wired this way. I was born this way. I am this way

Tina J. Richardson

#17. Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children have problems with their voice or another person's voice. This problem tends to be related to high-pitched ladies' voices.

Temple Grandin