“ There's nothing more debilitating about a disability than the way people treat you over it. Solange nicole
“ [Patricia Highsmith] was overwhelmed by sensory stimulation - there were too many people and too much noise and she just could not handle the supermarket. She continually jumped, afraid that someone m… Andrew Wilson
“ When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see the signals indicating that it would be appropriate to stop. Feelings of anger can also be in… Tony Attwood
“ Stupid English.""English isn't stupid," I say."Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he won'… Jodi Picoult
“ I sometimes shock the people around me with how I see things. I come up with very unique solutions to things. As I can picture things in my mind and move them around to design and understand them. Tina J. Richardson
“ Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury T.K. Thorne
“ Before my diagnosis.I used to be a collection of other people.An Actress,Now I'm finding out who I actually am.It's been a journey, but I have made it. Tina J. Richardson
“ I love introverts. They don't waste words. Excessive extroverts can be very wasteful. I don't trust them in any kind of intricate or delicate matter. Alexei Maxim Russell
“ I'm not a hero for living autistic. I'm a person just like you. Just living my life. Tina J. Richardson
“ All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to conclusions and then seek to defend those conclusions, regardless of logic or changing circumstance… Alexei Maxim Russell
“ I take criticism to heart. The words hit me literally and it hurts. It can take me a long time to recover from it. Tina J. Richardson
“ I'm an autistic girl. I have many years to grow. I'm going to rock my life. Just watch me shine Tina J. Richardson
“ As I've gotten older, I have taught myself to act "normal." I can do it well enough to fool the average person for a whole evening, maybe longer. But it all falls apart if I hear something that elicit… John Elder Robison
“ Being autistic does not mean I don't have empathy. Stereotypes are harmful. If anything I hyper feel everything and have to try to shut off to cope. Tina J. Richardson
“ Part of the torture of autism is that the future is so impossibly unsure. Your child might become a fully functioning member of society and appear no different than anyone else, even if he does have t… Jennifer Noonan
“ If you don’t know how to deal with emotion, other people’s feelings can hit you like a drug. Jael McHenry
“ Traveling in other countries is especially fun because others often attribute your differences to the less-stigmatizing idea that you're like this only because you're a foreigner. Michael John Carley
