396 Quotes About Autism

Rosie, who had encouraged me to look beyond my limitations, who was the reason for my life being more than I had ever envisioned.

Information can only be acquired in two ways: by choice or by chance.

Clinical rhetorics present serious challenges to disability disclosure. To claim autism is to claim rudeness, silence, tactlessness, nonpersonhood; it is to invite doubting others to lay-diagnose or question one's rhetorical competence. And yet it is precisely these claims and challenges that buttress much of the autistic culture movement's embrace of public disclosure, of uncloseting one's autism.

What is of essential importance is the impact that being autistic has on a person at any given time. This can range from horrifically negative right through to sublimely positive -- and sometimes both can be found in the same individual. So, if this dramatic difference can be seen at different times in the same person -- what 'grade' is that person? Clearly, this is where the whole notion of 'autism severity' crumbles.

Sarah. She was one reason things in Madi’s life couldn’t change. Her schedule linked her to Madi as much as any grade, school, or group of friends. Her sister was a hashtag that couldn’t be altered. Madi couldn’t even be upset with her for it.

Some days you'll just get the robot me.I'm on autopilot.It's a form of self protection.

My inner feelings don't always show on my face as expressions. I have to make a conscious effort to move my mouth to a smile sometimes. It's very tiring having to not only remember to say the 'correct' thing but also to make your face look a certain way.

I guard my existence, sheltered by distance. Hidden and masked I parade, everyone oblivious to the grand charade.

Being the person that others expect me to be is so very tiring.I wish that I could just be me and my way of being a person is okay and accepted.