I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is normal-so we can't know for sure what your 'normal' is even like. But so long as we can learn to love ourselves, I'm not sure how much it matters whether we're normal or autistic.
Interpretation
The pursuit of happiness and self-acceptance is essential for everyone, regardless of their differences.
This quote emphasizes the importance of striving for personal happiness and self-love, suggesting that the concept of 'normal' is subjective and varies from person to person. The speaker conveys that individuals, including those with autism, should focus on their own unique paths to fulfillment and self-acceptance rather than conforming to societal standards of normalcy.
In practice
This quote could be used in a presentation about inclusivity and acceptance for individuals with disabilities.
People with autism never, ever feel at ease, wherever we are. Because of this, we wander off - or run away - in search of some location where we do feel at ease. While we're on this search, it doesn't occur to us to consider how or where we're going to end up. We get swallowed up by the illusion that unless we can find a place to belong, we are going to be all alone in the world.
Criticizing people, winding them up, making idiots of them or fooling them doesn't make people with autism laugh. What makes us smile from the inside is seeing something beautiful, or a memory makes us laugh. This generally happens when there's nobody watching us. And at night, on our own, we might burst out laughing underneath the duvet, or roar with later in an empty room ... When we don't need to think about other people or anything else, that's when we wear our aural expressions.
When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on. But for people with autism, the details jump straight out at us first of all, and then only gradually, detail by detail, does the whole image float up into focus.
However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.
I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.
This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.
Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing. Be whole in everything.
Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.
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