Asa Butterfield

I did a film, 'X+Y', in which I played somebody on the autistic spectrum. It's a subject I didn't know very much about, but being an actor gives yourself the opportunity to really immerse yourself in that world and learn things. It's one of the great things about what I do.

English Actor

Temple Grandin

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom.

American Educator

Simon Baron-Cohen

I'm hoping that autism is going to get to that same point, where it becomes quite ordinary to say, 'I have autism,' or 'I have Asperger's syndrome,' and that there will be many more resources available to make life easier for people on the autistic spectrum.

British Psychologist

Charles Colson

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.

American Lawyer

Greta Thunburg

I think in many ways that we autistic are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty strange. They keep saying that climate change is an existential threat and the most important issue of all. And yet they just carry on like before.

Swedish Environmentalist

John Banville

I sometimes think that I might be slightly autistic. There might be a syndrome that hasn't been named. I don't seem to see the world in the same way that most people I know see it. They don't seem to be baffled by it.

Irish Novelist

Tisha Campbell-Martin

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.

American Actress

James Acaster

I used to work with autistic children, and they said a lot of funny things to me.

English Comedian

Nadya Suleman

My biggest challenge is my severely autistic son.

American Celebrity

Isabel Lucas

Australian Actress

Use 'autistic' with care to avoid offense as it refers to a medical condition.

Sensitivity Required

Never use 'autistic' as an insult; it describes a neurodevelopmental condition.

Not Insulting

'Autistic' involves more than social interaction, including sensory sensitivities.

Beyond Social

Avoid using 'autistic' to casually describe non-autistic people's social struggles.

Not Diagnostic

Be precise; 'autistic' should not replace terms like 'shy' or 'introverted'.

Precision Matters

Misusing 'autistic' can spread misconceptions about the condition.

Misunderstanding Risk

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The disarming case to...

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Steve Silberman: The...

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