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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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
I want you to understand I'm not lost in my own world, I'm just hiding from yours ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder DSM-5 describes a new disorder that has elements of ASD but is actually conceptualized as outside the autism spectrum. The intention is to provide diagnostic coverage for children with symptoms in the social-communication domain but who have never displayed repetitive, restricted behaviours or interests. However, it is unclear how Social Communication Disorder (SCD) will be different from ASD, which support or therapy services will be available, and what the child will qualify for. ~ Tony Attwood
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tony Attwood
Autistic reality is of much value as non-Autistic reality ~ Jeanette Purkis
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
As a child she was unique, she was a dreamer, she lived in her own world. Where it was safe. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Ned Hayes
They've learned to survive even though the world is confusing and difficult for them. ~ Darren Groth
Autism Spectrum quotes by Darren Groth
I've met so many parents of the kids who are on the low end of the autism spectrum, kids who are diametrically opposed to Jacob, with his Asperger's. They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else but truly doesn't know how. ~ Jodi Picoult
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jodi Picoult
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Paul Isaacs
Behind the disability, we have a heart and a mind. ~ Matthew Kenslow
Autism Spectrum quotes by Matthew Kenslow
One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing. ~ Luke Ford
Autism Spectrum quotes by Luke Ford
Know your own child's behaviors and look deeper to find their meaning. Be the expert for your child. Discover the wonderful. ~ Liz Becker
Autism Spectrum quotes by Liz Becker
Respect for diversity doesn't just make a happier workplace, it improves productivity and is good for the business ~ Jeanette Purkis
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
Some days just being awake is too much input. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
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. ~ Daniel Tammet
Autism Spectrum quotes by Daniel Tammet
I more the "Autism World" gets imploded with politics the less voices will be heard. ~ Paul Isaacs
Autism Spectrum quotes by Paul Isaacs
She may do things differently to you, but who says you are doing things right? ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
He's just like the rest of us - amazing in his own right, and no better or worse than anyone else. ~ Darren Groth
Autism Spectrum quotes by Darren Groth
The world needs all types of minds. ~ Temple Grandin
Autism Spectrum quotes by Temple Grandin
Is autism a disease?

If a woman asked me right now, "but wouldn't you rather be cured?" I'd reply, "would you like to be cured of being a woman?"

Autism, like womanhood, is painful, and difficult, and not made easy by the structure of our society. But it is who we are.

There are treatments that can make certain aspects easier, yes. But there is no whole cure because there is no whole disease.

Some women take birth control to reduce the effects of PMS or PMDD, to stop their bodies from being so at odds with the world, to make living just a little more easy, a little more comfortable. But it is not for every woman, it does not change the fact that they are a woman, and it does not change the sexism that they face every day, all the problems that result from the fact of society being built to serve people who are not them.

I'd like treatments for autistic people to be seen in the same light. Medicine's priority should be to improve quality of life, not to make a person more palatable to society.

Society must be forced to deal with these people because these people will not be easily consigned to oblivion. ~ Irene Wendy Wode
Autism Spectrum quotes by Irene Wendy Wode
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
In the context of the autism world (and my outlook in general) this is were I stand equality is for everyone, everybody in the world - I look at both sides of the the coin and take into account peoples realities (that makes me neutral/moderate/in the middle).
That means that you look in a more three dimensional perspective of peoples diverse realities you cannot speak for all but one can learn from EACH OTHER through listening and experiencing.
I also try my best to live with the good cards I was given not over-investing in my autism being the defining factor of my being (but having a healthy acknowledgement of it) that it's there but also thinking about other qualities I have such as being a writer, poet and artist.
I do have disability, I do have autism and I have a "mild" learning disability that is true but I a human being first and foremost. And for someone to be seen as person equal to everyone else is a basic human right. ~ Paul Isaacs
Autism Spectrum quotes by Paul Isaacs
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
On occasions the person may appear ill-mannered; for example, one young man with Asperger's Syndrome wanted to attract his mother;s attention while she was talking to a group of her friends, and loudly said, 'Hey, you!', apparently unaware of the more appropriate means of addressing his mother in public. The child, being impulsive and not aware of the consequences, says the first thing that comes into their mind. Strangers may consider the child to be rude, inconsiderate or spoilt, giving the parents a withering look and assuming the unusual social behavior is a result of parental incompetence. They may comment, 'Well, if I had him for two weeks he would be a different child.' The parents' reaction may be that they would gladly let them have the child, as they need a rest, and to prove a point. ~ Tony Attwood
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tony Attwood
As the diagnosis of autism is increasing the diagnosis of mental retardation is decreasing. And more and more on the other end, the high end, more children who are just a little bit off, who ordinarily you would not single out now are being described as perhaps Asperger's syndrome or on the high end of the autism spectrum, so I don't believe there is an epidemic. ~ Gerald Fischbach
Autism Spectrum quotes by Gerald Fischbach
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Lena Dunham
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jodi Picoult
All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to conclusions and then seek to defend those conclusions, regardless of logic or changing circumstance. This is sloppy, illogical thinking which may not hinder your life too much, under normal circumstances. But if you want to be a great detective, then such thinking will absolutely ruin your chances. ~ Alexei Maxim Russell
Autism Spectrum quotes by Alexei Maxim Russell
I'm always going to have struggles, but with hard work, determination, and the support of others (as well as faith), instead of having a life I have no control over, I can have the life I've always dreamed of!" -David Petrovic ~ David Petrovic
Autism Spectrum quotes by David Petrovic
She has walked a sombre path.
Retreating to her cocoon,
during the darkest hours.
Her body going through,
the motions of life automatically.

But being there was where she
found herself.

She emerged,
Shedding her disguise,
Now her true form.
She knows who she is,
She embraces her true self.
She is free. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Paul Isaacs
She felt lost and misunderstood. She felt like she was drowning. Overwhelmed. Unaccepted. Alone. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
I will not allow anxiety dictate the terms of my life ~ Jeanette Purkis
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder. ~ Temple Grandin
Autism Spectrum quotes by Temple Grandin
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
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jeanette Purkis
I carry all the thoughts and feelings Ive ever had. Conversations, smells tastes and visions. Yet you. Wonder why I am always so tired?!? ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
There are regulations all over the spectrum that have to be done to the existing situation right now. But the only policy that makes sense is a nationwide moratorium: no new fracking, no new fracked wells. ~ Josh Fox
Autism Spectrum quotes by Josh Fox
In some sense, list-making is to mind-mapping as black and white photography is to color photography. Both are good, both are useful. One gives you precision and clarity; the other gives you a broader spectrum of potential beauty, as well as access to otherwise-unseen features. ~ Anonymous
Autism Spectrum quotes by Anonymous
Why is the world full of color anyway? Sunlight is white, and when it is reflected, it is still white. And so we should be surrounded by a clinical looking, optically pure landscape. That this is not what we see is because every material absorbs light differently or converts it into other kinds of radiation. Only the wavelengths that remain are refracted and reach our eyes. Therefore, the color of organisms and objects is dictated by the color of the reflected light. And in the case of leaves on trees, this color is green.

But why don't we see leaves as black? Why don't they absorb all light? Chlorophyll helps leaves process light. If trees processed light super-efficiently, there would be hardly any left over-and the forest would then look as dark during the day as it does at night. Chlorophyll, however, has one disadvantage. It has a so-called green gap, and because it cannot use this part of the color spectrum, it has to reflect it back unused. This weak spot means that we can see this photosynthetic leftover, and that's why almost all plants look deep green to us. What we are really seeing is waste light, the rejected part that trees cannot use. Beautiful for us; useless for the trees. Nature that we find pleasing because it reflects trash? Whether trees feel the same way about this I don't know, but one thing is for certain: hungry beeches and spruce are as happy to see blue sky as I am. ~ Peter Wohlleben
Autism Spectrum quotes by Peter Wohlleben
Some things just feel so intense. I'm not
over reacting. My sensory processing
is unique to me. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
no one can know how another person 'senses' the world. We just have to respect the person as they are. Accept their unique way of being. Embrace them for who they are not what you think they should be. ~ Tina J. Richardson
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tina J. Richardson
No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village like an instinct left to rust, Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot. ~ Lawrence Durrell
Autism Spectrum quotes by Lawrence Durrell
Libchaber's spectrum diagrams showed vividly the precise pattern of period-doubling predicted by the theory. The spikes of new frequencies stand out clearly above the experimental noise. Feigenbaum's scaling theory predicted not only when and where the new frequencies would arrive but also how strong they would be-their amplitudes. ~ James Gleick
Autism Spectrum quotes by James Gleick
Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight. ~ Andrew Weil
Autism Spectrum quotes by Andrew Weil
Love has an enormous spectrum of expression and impact. At the far end, it begins to unravel and move away from subjective experience and personal preference. It becomes pure intent, something that no longer tickles our desires, but fulfills the deeper needs of each circumstance we're in. ~ Darrell Calkins
Autism Spectrum quotes by Darrell Calkins
Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There's very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I'm lucky enough that it's reasonably mild in my case. ~ Stephen Fry
Autism Spectrum quotes by Stephen Fry
In Vegas, you have an audience you can't find anywhere else. It's from all over the country. You play Seattle, everyone's from Seattle. But in Vegas, you have six from Seattle, a bunch from L.A., some local Las Vegans and maybe a farmer from Iowa. In Vegas, you learn the ins and outs of holding a room because of that great spectrum of folks. ~ Lewis Black
Autism Spectrum quotes by Lewis Black
I never know what people are thinking. It's like visiting a country where you don't speak the language and you're trying so hard to understand but no matter how many times you ask for juice, they keep bringing you milk. ~ Tracey Garvis Graves
Autism Spectrum quotes by Tracey Garvis Graves
I think we use a lot of words and labels when trying to describe people: ones with autism, ones without autism. In general, I think that labeling people is a major issue, and people don't understand the power of language. ~ Nikki Reed
Autism Spectrum quotes by Nikki Reed
As a mom, you worry about protecting your kid. But there are extra added layers of fears when you're talking about a kid with autism or who has some special needs issue. ~ Holly Robinson Peete
Autism Spectrum quotes by Holly Robinson Peete
I can't marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics. I believe that we have to play the game of strategy, and understand how to move the pieces because this is how the political spectrum functions. ~ Bocafloja
Autism Spectrum quotes by Bocafloja
Full spectrum lights should be used in all daytime offices for good health. ~ Steven Magee
Autism Spectrum quotes by Steven Magee
They were made of small hard things - aunts and uncles, smoke breaks after sex, girls on stoops drinking from mason jars. These truths carried the black body beyond slogans and gave it color and texture and thus reflected the spectrum I saw out on the Yard more than all of my alliterative talk of guns or revolutions or paeans to the lost dynasties of African antiquity. ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates
Autism Spectrum quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone. ~ Ted Koppel
Autism Spectrum quotes by Ted Koppel
A human being is bound by emotion, enslaved by their desires. A person is never really at peace with themselves because they live in the spectrum of human consciousness. ~ Frederick Lenz
Autism Spectrum quotes by Frederick Lenz
I'm on the other end of the spectrum from oblivious, whatever that's called. Extreme noticing, perhaps? Severe and chronic attention-paying? ~ Charlotte Stein
Autism Spectrum quotes by Charlotte Stein
Sometimes you will need to leap from one end of this paradoxical spectrum to the other in a matter of minutes, and then back again. As I write this book, for instance, I approach each sentence as if the future of humanity depends upon my getting that sentence just right. I care, because I want it to be lovely. Therefore, anything less than a full commitment to that sentence is lazy and dishonorable. But as I edit my sentence - sometimes immediately after writing it - I have to be willing to throw it to the dogs and never look back. (Unless, of course, I decide that I need that sentence again after all, in which case I must dig up its bones, bring it back to life, and once again regard it as sacred.) It matters./It doesn't matter. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Autism Spectrum quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
All my life, I have been working with children whose lives were destroyed because their mothers hated them.
1981 re: cause of autism ~ Bruno Bettelheim
Autism Spectrum quotes by Bruno Bettelheim
When others focus on what your child cannot do, see it as an opportunity to focus on who God is and what he can do through you and your child. Sometimes inability is the vehicle for experiencing the blessing of God's powerful presence and provision. ~ Amy E. Mason
Autism Spectrum quotes by Amy E. Mason
Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other. ~ Jocelyn Moorhouse
Autism Spectrum quotes by Jocelyn Moorhouse
The future of my child is unknown but I have loved him, supported him, and taught him right from wrong. I will continue to do so ... ~ Brenda Lochinger
Autism Spectrum quotes by Brenda Lochinger
There's many kinds of kundalini, just as there's a spectrum of light. Put light through a prism and you get different gradations. So there are different gradations of kundalini. Some gradations of kundalini are darker, some are lighter. ~ Frederick Lenz
Autism Spectrum quotes by Frederick Lenz
It's living - a broad spectrum of living - that teaches you how to live, not philosophy. Philosophy teaches you how to think. ~ Ruth Rendell
Autism Spectrum quotes by Ruth Rendell
What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more than 1 million Americans with ASDs. ~ Thomas R. Insel
Autism Spectrum quotes by Thomas R. Insel
I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world. ~ Condoleezza Rice
Autism Spectrum quotes by Condoleezza Rice
You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say that such characters shouldn't be funny part of the time, or that their actions shouldn't evoke genuine feeling. ~ Robert Boswell
Autism Spectrum quotes by Robert Boswell
We need to reverse three centuries of walling the for-profit and non-profit sectors off from one another. When you think for-profit and non-profit, you most often think of entities with either zero social return or zero return on capital and zero social return. Clearly, there's some opportunity in the spectrum between those extremes. What's missing is the for-profit finance industry coming in to that area. Look at the enormous diversity of the for-profit financial industry as opposed to monolithic nature of the non-profit world; it's quite astonishing. ~ Bill Drayton
Autism Spectrum quotes by Bill Drayton
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest. ~ Debra Ginsberg
Autism Spectrum quotes by Debra Ginsberg
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. ~ Claire Danes
Autism Spectrum quotes by Claire Danes
The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of Fox News, which has created an echo chamber in which people just hear the same ideas repeated ad infinitum. And you know, it's just basic advertising, basically. You hear the same idea over and over again. Or you can call it propaganda if you like. ~ Bruce Bartlett
Autism Spectrum quotes by Bruce Bartlett
I thank the bullies who bullied me in many ways they taught how not to treat other human beings, not to manipulate, to not to lack empathy, to not lack morals, not to to abuse physically and/or emotionally. I thank them for the assumptions that I was "slow", "stupid", "thick".
I often wonder with most them hitting their late 20's would they want their children/loved ones to be treated how they treated me? Good question isn't it and I probably know the answer. Because the scary thing is looking into the lense of someone else acting the same as YOU to your loved one must be difficult to take. ~ Paul Isaacs
Autism Spectrum quotes by Paul Isaacs
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