Autistic Quotations

Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it's really hard for them, but it can happen.

Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.

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 like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language; when I was 3, I had none at all.

It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is such a hassle until they go to school.

Monroe basketball is here. Some of these kids are young and this is a great experience. We may not win all the time, but we'll compete. We didn't bring home a trophy, but these kids will bring home so much more. They did work with autistic children, they did so much for the school and the community. . . . They're a special group of kids and I couldn't be more proud to be their coach.

Parents with autistic children need the support of the entire family. Some times siblings react negatively because they find it hard to admit the problem to friends. They suffer socially and try to keep away from their autistic brothers or sisters.

The problem with an autistic kid is they absorb so much, but they can't bring it back out a lot. He's just like a little sponge. He knows what's going on. He doesn't always tell you he knows, but he knows. It's hard for some people to understand what his disabilities are. They just think he's quiet.

We're all a little nit autistic.

Some autistic people may emerge from their condition, but nobody knows when and why.

With as many as 50 percent of children with autistic disorder experiencing regular GI problems, we recognize the significant impact these issues have on the autism community, which currently has limited information on the cause and appropriate treatments.

We also categorize toys for autistic and blind children.

Through PALS I met these autistic kids and do things with them, like bowling or going to the movies.

We felt extremely helpless. We knew no one else who had autistic kids.

The thinking is that autistic kids have low absorption of nutrients, possibly because so many have inflammation of the digestive system. It just seems they need many more nutrients to get absorption at a decent level.

Autistic children who go missing are almost always found dead in a ditch or at a lake. They get frightened of new things. Their instinct might be to hide in a small, dark place.

Autistic children have a hard time making friends. In Molly's case, her lack of speech doesn't help. We would be encouraging people to talk to her and pet her dog.

You're silly. Why are you doing that? Sensory is a key part of autism and it's extremely important to know if you're working with autistic children.

I'm not really that different. I don't really care about this autistic situation, really. It's just the way I am. The advice I'd give to autistic people is just keep working, just keep dreaming. You'll get your chance, and you'll do it.

Mom worked with autistic children.

I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant - I prefer it - but I can't do it myself. I honestly think it's some form of autistic disorder.

People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think.