“Children with autism are colourful - they are often very beautiful and, like the rainbow, they stand out.”

“My aim is to sort the jumble of information we throw at these children and present it in such a way that they will have a greater chance of achieving independence and fulfilment.”

“Teachers should be made aware of visual stress symptoms and the potential difference coloured lights, overlays and lenses could make to a learners perception.”

“Adapting our own perception, following rather than leading and building bridges are all keys to helping the child with autism learn.”

“Are we allowing individuals to develop their talents with our current teaching methods? Is there more or maybe less we should be doing?”

“When teaching children with autism we must be quick to adapt, follow our instinct and go off plan.”

“When we look at nature, we receive a sort of permission to be alive in this world, and our entire bodies get recharged. However often we're ignored and pushed away by other people, nature will alwa...”

“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”

“I liked holding Davids hand, though. That part-the snow dampening my face, letting my tears mix without anyone seeing, his fingers snug in mine-that was nice. His hand was heavier than I would have...”

“God can use the jawbone of an ass!”

“Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.”

“I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones. ...”

“The nation had had two symbols of solitude, the forest and the prairies; now it had a third, the mountains.”