Autism Quotes - Page 9

• Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possilble. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Change, Power

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.40, Penguin

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• My Advice is: You always have to keep persevering.

  Temple Grandin

  Advice

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• Katie, 90% of the things you worry about don't happen, and the 10% that do, you can't do anything about.

  Mary Fisher

  Worry, Happens, Katie

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• We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Real, Epidemics

  "Preventing Another Generation of Children With Autism" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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

  Temple Grandin

  Ifs

  Interview with Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.

  Temple Grandin

  Parenting, Emotional, White

  "A Conversation with Temple Grandin". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

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• If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Hero

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The reason why [the medical community] is reluctant to talk about it is because there's such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Community, Reason Why, Medical

  "16 Things Jenny McCarthy Has Actually Said" by Aly Weisman, www.businessinsider.com. July 15, 2013.

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  I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Grace

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

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  Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

  Margaret Mead

  Education, Teacher, Children

  Margaret Mead (1973). “Coming of Age in Samoa”

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• Vaccines are extremely well tested; their safety is well understood. The false allegations about vaccines causing autism have been disproven. But there are still echoes out there confusing people.

  Bill Gates

  Vaccines, Echoes, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.

  William Gibson

  Writing, Known

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• We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Music, Dance, Dancing

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.198, Penguin

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• I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Enough, Importance

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.

  Holly Robinson Peete

  Teenager, Compassion, People

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• Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses.

  John Travolta

  Illness, Areas, Known

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• Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.

  Daniel Tammet

  Happy Life, Media, Negative

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• Autism is a very serious condition.

  George Osborne

  Serious, Conditions

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Perception, Needs, Matter

  "Grand Ideas from Within". Book by Janice M. Mcdermott, Joan Stewart (p. 15), 2005.

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• Information on how to heal autism and how to possibly delay vaccines or prevent autism shouldn't come from me. It should come from the medical establishment.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Vaccines, Delay, Information

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• What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Missing, Gorillas

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• The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism's 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the US vaccine schedule.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Years, Ideas, Vaccines

  "Who’s Afraid Of The Truth About Autism?" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2010.

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• Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Running, Recovery, Kids

  "Who’s Afraid Of The Truth About Autism?" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2010.

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• 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

  Mom, Kids, Talking

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• 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

  Jobs, Smart, People

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