#autism

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing. ↗

— Luke Ford

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Autism is part of who I am. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.' ↗

— Temple Grandin

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Autism is an extremely variable disorder. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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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

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Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

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