Autism Quotes

“I am not a doctor, but I am a parent, and I have a grandson who has autism, and I have met with thousands of parents of children with autism.”

“I am convinced that the mercury in the vaccines is a major cause of autism.”

“Autism has been a part of our lives since our son Ned was diagnosed.”

“Advocacy is a marathon, not a sprint.”

“When you see a child with autism, you have seen one child with autism. Their journeys are as individual as they are.”

“My son, Daniel, was diagnosed with autism at age 2.”

“I am different, not less.”

“If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.”

“My mind is like a web browser. I have a lot of different windows open at the same time.”

“What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.”

“Social thinking is not my native language.”

“Parents get so worried about the deficits that they don't build on the strengths.”

“Fixating on stuff is normal for autistic people. And if you can take that fixation and expand it, you can turn it into a career.”

“If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.”

“My son's recovery is a miracle. I'm not a doctor. I'm a mom. I'm just a mother who's just sharing my story that I fixed my son.”

“I looked at autism and I saw it as a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.”