People on the autism spectrum don't think the same way you do. In my life, people who made a difference were those who didn't see labels, who believe….

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?.

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

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be.

Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is scre….

You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells, it thinks in touch sensations - litt….

You can be honest without sharing your opinions on everything..

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet..

When I was younger I was looking for this magic meaning of life. It's very simple now. Making the lives of others better, doing something of lasting ….

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 circu….

You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out..

I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got ….

I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people….

In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the….

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….

I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something beh….

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's lik….

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 soci….

I am different, not less.

The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things..

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength..