396 Quotes About Autism

Indeed, a sense of humour is possibly one of the most important attributes that the parents of a child with fragile X must possess.

Just imagine how many judgements we could avoid if there was a better understanding of Autism.(In 'A Place for Everything.' )

Do not light candles in shops. That is an invisible rule. An invisible rule is a rule that no one tells you about until you break it, and then everyone gets cross and tells you shouldn’t have broken the rule, even though they did not tell you the rule, it is always a very important rule.

Parenting is more personal while herding is leading the path to do things together as a family. To describe both in a simple way, having a meaningful conversation with each of our children is parenting while eating out together as a family is herding. Doing both creates happy memories that we want our children to keep and not scars that won’t heal forever.

I may be experiencing struggles, doing more sacrifice, and adjusting to the needs of Bunso like other moms who have kids with special needs. At the end of the day, I know that there is a reason why God has given meBunso. Perhaps He knows that I can love him unconditionally. Yes, I can and I do truly. I am so glad that he loves me too beyond words can express.

It's not like, as the term "masking" seems to evoke, there's a superficial layer of actions and appearances that I can remove and instantly improve my life. I don't have a mask I can remove; I have a multiheaded, deeply embedded parasite. It's probably killing me, but it's also kept me alive, and I don't know how much I can remove and still survive. I'm not completely sure where it ends and I begin at this point.

The one blanket statement that I can make about autism is that there is no blanket statement to be made about autism.

Having autism is a characteristic, not a character.

Neurotypical people seem to think and feel that it's okay to be rigid as long as their ideas are shared by enough people.