Quotes by Tina J. Richardson

27 quotes found

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autism aspergers anxiety depression communication friends unique woman autistic aspergers-syndrome friendship spectrum women dissociation mute non-verbal-communication depression-mental-illness learning school alone autism-spectrum sad acceptance thinking emotions eye-contact empathy feel girls criticism

“I don't have to look at your eyes to listen that's whatmy ears are for.”
— Tina J. Richardson
autism communication eye-contact

“Conversations sometimes are so hard to follow.People are so confusing with the wrong facialexpressions for their words.”
— Tina J. Richardson
autism communication

“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
aspergers autism autistic empathy

“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
aspergers autism girls

“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
aspergers autism criticism

“I'm not a hero for living autistic. I'm a person just like you. Just living my life.”
— Tina J. Richardson
aspergers autism autistic hero

“When I was very young I thought I was just like everyone else. I think it took me longer than most to realize I was different and even longer to realize that being different was what made me great”
— Tina J. Richardson
autism different unique