#autism

Parents of recovered children, and I've met hundreds, all share the same experience of doubters and deniers telling us our child must have never even had autism or that the recovery was simply nature's course. We all know better, and frankly we're too busy helping other parents to really care. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#better #busy #care #child #children

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

#autism #causing #children #collectively #continue

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. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#autism #children #measles #parents #percent

I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations. ↗

— Gary Numan

#called #certain #condition #form #i

My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#autistic #brother #charity #found #haven

I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin. ↗

— Jerry Newport

#life

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#intellectual-sophistication #internet #irony #nerd #nerdery

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation. ↗

— Mary Bono

#developmental #disability #fastest #growing #nation

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

— Luke Ford

#autistic #days #growing #kids #spectrum

How very scared I was of everything, and in the end how very scared I was of her. This woman I knew, and did not know, and loved. ↗

— James Christie

#autism #buffy-the-vampire-slayer #drusilla #juliet-landau #rain-man