Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martina Navratilova

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

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

If I did not have my work, I would not have my life.

Temple Grandin

It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.

Ted Lindsay

Together, we’ll beat autism.

Elizabeth Moon

Normal' is a dryer setting.

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

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.

Brad Pitt

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

Andrew Solomon

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

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.

John Travolta

Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses.

Abraham Lincoln

I walk slowly, but never backwards.

George Osborne

Autism is a very serious condition.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.