Jenny McCarthy

We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.

American Model

Ban Ki-moon

By including children with different learning abilities in mainstream and specialized schools, we can change attitudes and promote respect. By creating suitable jobs for adults with autism, we integrate them into society.

South Korean Leader

Alex Bregman

A lot of families with kids with autism can't afford speech therapy for their children and can't afford to get them in the best schools for autism. We're trying to help make a difference in those communities.

American Athlete

Ron Funches

A lady emailed me that her child had been diagnosed with autism and that hearing my material on the subject had helped her. To me, it just means that I'm making the right decision in talking about this.

American Comedian

Simon Baron-Cohen

The idea of a cure for autism is itself controversial. Some people with autism say they don't want to be cured, because autism gives them a different way of looking at the world.

British Psychologist

Helen Mirren

The most important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they're beginning to have with autism.

British Actress

Holly Robinson Peete

As a mom, you worry about protecting your kid. But there are extra added layers of fears when you're talking about a kid with autism or who has some special needs issue.

American Actress

Seth Godin

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

American Writer

Rana el Kaliouby

We're very interested in helping individuals on the autism spectrum cope and learn about social interactions and regulating emotions.

Egyptian Scientist

Timothy Simons

The truth is, there is no link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines are incredibly important.

American Actor

Autism can lead to unique communication styles or challenges in social settings.

Communication Barriers

Autism might involve repetitive behaviors or intense interests in specific subjects.

Behavioral Patterns

Autism is a spectrum, meaning symptoms can range from mild to severe.

Spectrum Variance

Autism may result in less desire for socialization, not necessarily antisocial behavior.

Social Withdrawal

Individuals with autism often have highly focused interests and expertise in those areas.

Focused Interests

People with autism may strongly prefer routine and predictability in their daily lives.

Routine Importance

 the beginning of knowledge but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science this quote really resonates with me because for the past decade I've been trying to take the measure of mysterious and unmeasurable diseases like autism mood disorders or ALS when we think about measurement we often think of the tools we have that

Measuring immeasurable...

 Now, the thing is, the world is going to need all of the different kinds of minds to work together. We've got to work on developing all these different kinds of minds. And one of the things that is driving me really crazy as I travel around and I do autism meetings, is I'm seeing a lot of smart, geeky, nerdy kids,

The world needs all...

 the thing is the world is going to need all of the different kinds of minds to work together we've got to work on developing all these different kinds of minds and one of the things that's driving me really crazy so I travel around than I do autism meetings is I'm seeing a lot of

 important that the very tools that we use to understand ourselves to understand the world around them is shaped by that test we are we are social to the core so my journey in autism really started when I lived in a residential unit for adults with autism

A new way to diagnose...

 Speech has always felt like an inadequate freeze-frame for the life inside of me. All this to say, I've always understood far more than I've ever been able to communicate. Now, about a year before Grandma died, I was formally diagnosed with autism.

Three ideas. Three...

 but in my head, I've got thousands of secret worlds all going on all at the same time. I am also autistic. People tend to diagnose autism with really specific check-box descriptions, but in reality, it's a whole variation as to what we're like.

How autism freed me to...

 looks so good people said oh you know lots of boys don't talk like four or five so I used to think maybe I'm just over imagining things or over analyzing things he eventually got by the time he was three he got diagnosed with autism

Inside the Extraordinary...

 Some people think that autistic people are socially awkward and lack humor and empathy. Now if you agree with what I just said, I'm sorry to tell you, but you do not have the right impression of autism.

What it's really like to...

 with resources, with access to educational materials that would help them. With that increased awareness, more parents, more pediatricians, more educators learned to recognize the features of autism.

Autism — what we know...

 It's so important that the very tools we use to understand ourselves, to understand the world around us, are shaped by that stance. We are social to the core. So my journey in autism really started