What is autism?
Autism is also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), defining a wide range of conditions characterized by challenges with nonverbal communication, speech, social skills, and repetitive behaviors. People with this condition might repeat certain behaviors, and it is difficult for them to change in their daily activities.
These quotes on autism are motivational enough to empower people dealing with this condition. Autism awareness is needed to provide a better platform for people with autism.
Read the Autism Quotes given below
Autism can make people act differently, but they are not less. They should be treated the same way we treat others – with kindness.
āIf youāve met one person with autism, youāve met one person with autism.ā ā Dr. Stephen Shore.
āLow-pitched notes really make me feel like love might be truly possible. High-pitched notes make me feel like I could go crazy with pain and sadness. Great rhythms can make me feel like life is freedom.ā ā Jeremy Sicile-Kira
āThe teacher must have to become autistic.ā ā Hans Asperger
āWithin every child is a connection to one form or another and a potential waiting to be fulfilled.ā ā Dr. Stephen Mark Shore

āHumane storytelling is the way to advance societyās understanding of #Autism as it has the potential to change peopleās hearts and minds.ā ā Tom Clements
āIāve listened enough. Itās time for me to speak, however, it may sound. Through an electronic device, my hands, or my mouth. Now itās your time to listen. Are you ready?ā ā Neal Katz
āThe experience of many of us is not that āinsistence on samenessā jumps out unbidden and unwanted and makes our lives hard, but that āinsistence on samenessā is actually a way of adapting to a confusing and chaotic environment . . . ā – Dora Raymaker
āWithout deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.ā ā Frank Zappa

āShowing kindness towards those who are different and embracing our imperfections as proof of our humanness is the remedy for fear.ā ā Emma Zurcher
āTruly I dreamt that my beautiful mom told others my secret about life. Nicely the secret was very easy to say but harder to do. The secret is: believe in your child and believe in yourself.ā ā Jeremy Sicile-Kira
āAs an autistic, I can readily see environmental phenomena of sun particles interacting with moisture in the air and rising up from the ground. I thought of these things I could see as sun sparkles and world tails.ā ā Judy Endow

āThis is a FOREVER journey with this creative, funny, highly intelligent, aggressive, impulsive, nonsocial, behavioral, oftentimes loving individual. The nurse said to me after 6 hours with him āHe is a giftā INDEED he is.ā ā Janet Frenchette Heldt
āLetās give people with autism more opportunities to demonstrate what they feel, what they imagine, what comes naturally to them through humor and the language of sensory experience. As we learn more about autism, letās not forget to learn from those with autism. There are poets walking among you and they have much to teach.ā ā Chris Martin
āIt seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential.ā – Hans Asperger
āAutism doesnāt have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: they define themselves through hard work and individuality.ā – Adrienne Bailon

āI am different, not lessā – Dr. Temple Grandin
āWhat would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.ā ā Dr. Temple Grandin
āNowhere am I so desperately needed as among a shipload of illogical humans.ā ā Mr. Spock
āAutism is about having a pure heart and being very sensitive. It is about finding a way to survive in an overwhelming, confusing world . . . It is about developing differently, in a different pace and with different leaps.ā ā Trisha Van Berkel

āAs soon as a child is capable of understanding, they will know they are different. Just as a diabetic needs insulin, an autistic child needs accommodations . . . The label gave me knowledge and self-awareness.ā ā Steve Andrews
āAutism is here to stay and may be considered a part of the diversity of the human gene pool.ā ā Dr. Stephen Shore
āIt takes a village to raise a child. It takes a child with autism to raise the consciousness of the village.ā ā Coach Elaine Hall
āAutism . . . offers a chance for us to glimpse an awe-filled vision of the world that might otherwise pass us by.ā ā Dr. Colin Zimbleman

āA person with autism hears every sound intensely magnified. Thus, if the tone of voice is harsh or strict, they will feel scared and threatened and, consequently, may inadvertently scream or even attack. Aggressive behavior is brought on by fear.ā ā Joao Carlos Costa
āTo measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.ā ā Ban Ki-Moon
āThe difference between high-functioning autism and low-functioning is that high-functioning means your deficits are ignored, and low-functioning means your assets are ignored.ā ā Laura Tisoncik
āBehavior is communication. Change the environment and behaviors will change.ā ā Lana David

āIt took a while to recognize my freedom from cultural conditioning as a high-value benefit that supports my up spiral of independent sovereignty.ā ā Steve Staniek
āRather than healing our child of his developmental disability, God healed me of my spiritual disability.ā ā Diane Dokko

āSince understanding and accommodation āare outside of our locus of controlā,ā we can focus on our own coping mechanisms. This allows us to experience and process much more information and see patterns before others.ā ā Joe Biel
āBe thankful for autism. God shines brightest in weakness, and it comes with strengths that enable us to fill certain job roles better than others would (a talent, if you will).ā ā Peter Lantz
āWhen a family focuses on ability instead of disability, all things are possible . . . Love and acceptance is key. We need to interact with those with autism by taking an interest in their interests.ā ā Amanda Rae Ross

āEven for parents of children that are not on the spectrum, there is no such thing as a normal child.ā – Violet Stevens
āWhen enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.ā – Seth Godin
āEmpowering your young person is the key to giving them the skills they need to live an independent life. If you do things for them that they could learn or even do for themselves by themselves, then you are DISEMPOWERING your young person.ā ā Tom Iland
āMild autism doesnāt mean one experiences autism mildly . . . It means YOU experience their autism mildy. You may not know how hard theyāve had to work to get to the level they are.ā ā Adam Walton
āIf you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.ā- Dr. Temple Grandin

āRigid academic and social expectations could wind up stifling a mind that, while it might struggle to conjugate a verb, could one day take us to distant stars.ā ā Temple Grandin
āWe can use Aspergerās as a super power if we focus.ā ā Daniel M. Jones
āBlue sky may be beautiful but lighting the tall buildings blue is autism-awareness.ā ā Tito Mukhopa
āConnection is what moves this world forward. Connection is a profound human experience.ā ā Jenny Palmiottdhyay
āI looked up to the stars and wondered which one I was from.ā ā James McCue
āWhy should I cry for not being an apple, when I was born an orange, Iād be crying for an illusion, I may as well cry for not being a horse.ā ā Donna Williams

āArt can permeate the very deepest part of us, where no words exist.ā ā Eileen Miller
āAutism makes you listen louder. It makes you pay attention on an emotional level as well as an intellectual level.ā ā Jace King
āAutism is as much a part of humanity as is the capacity to dream.ā ā Kathleen Seidel
āI see people with Aspergerās syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.ā ā Tony Attwood
āAutists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. Itās that youāre destroying the peg.ā ā Paul Collins

āWe need to embrace those who are different and the bullies need to be the ones who get off the bus.ā – Caren Zucker
āDisability doesnāt make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.ā ā Stella Young
āAutism is not a disability, itās a different ability.ā – Letās be aware of autism and change our perception about this different ability. We hope that these quotes on autism inspired you to think differently and act kindly with people living with autism.