Awareness Quotes

"When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate."

- Seth Godin

"Why should I cry for not being an apple, when I was born an orange? I’d be crying for an illusion, I may as well cry out for not being a horse."

- Donna Williams

"Autism: Where the ‘randomness of life’ collides and clashes with an individual’s need for sameness."

- Eileen Miller

"The difference between high-functioning and low-functioning is that high-functioning means your deficits are ignored, and low-functioning means your assets are ignored."

- Laura Tisoncik

"Autism is as much a part of humanity as is the capacity to dream."

- Kathleen Seidel

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

- Albert Einstein

"What I like to tell parents is that raising a child with autism is running a marathon. It’s not a sprint."

- Dr. Brian Bowman

"Get to know someone on the spectrum and your life will truly be blessed."

- Stephanie L. Parker

"Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone."

- Martina Navratilova

"Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does."

- Stella Young

"Those without obsessive focus have to take classes to cultivate it."

- Rudy Simone

"The world needs all kinds of minds."

- Temple Grandin

"Autism is really more of a difference that needs to be worked with rather than a monolithic enemy that needs to be slain or destroyed."

- Stephen Shore

"Autism is a way of being. It’s not something you get over. It’s part of the tapestry of who you are."

- Michelle Garcia Winner

"Autism is not a roadblock, it’s a detour."

- Dr. Kerry Magro

"Neurodiversity is a form of human variation that includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and Tourette Syndrome. These are not disabilities but different ways of processing information, relating to the world, and learning."

- Judy Singer

"Autism acceptance means understanding and valuing the phenomenal diversity of human experience."

- The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)

"Autism is not a processing error. It’s a different operating system."

- Sarah Hendrickx

"Autism is not a disability, it’s a different ability."

- Stuart Duncan

"Autism is not a curse; it’s a different way of thinking and feeling."

- Kerry Magro

"Autism doesn’t come with an instruction guide. It comes with a family who will never give up."

- Kerry Magro

"Autism is not a disability, it’s a different kind of ability."

- Temple Grandin

"Autism is not a disability, it’s a unique ability."

- Temple Grandin

"Autism is not a disability but a different ability."

- Anonymous

"Autism is not a disability, it’s a difference."

- Anonymous

"Autism isn’t a disability; it’s a unique way of looking at the world."

- Anonymous

"Autism is not a disease, it’s a different way of life."

- Anonymous

"Acceptance is the key to understanding."

- Anonymous

"People with autism are like snowflakes; no two are the same."

- Anonymous

"Autism is a spectrum disorder. People are different, not less."

- Anonymous