112 quotes found
“Don't be sad that I'm autistic. Love me for who I am. All of me. Some things are difficult for me but I'm okay as I am.”
“Understanding the intricacies involved in raising someone with a physical or mental challenge for those who have never experienced it is like trying to understand anything foreign; impossible, thou...”
“Autism is just the surface. What is inside each of us is what matters, autistic or not.”
“Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams.”
“You have a healthy baby boy! The words ring like church bells in the ears of new parents.”
“A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today?”
“I go to all the appointments. All the meetings. I sit with the team of inclusion teachers, occupational therapists, doctors, social workers, remedial teachers, and the cab driver that gets him from...”
“Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. - Bell Hooks”
“I look at the sky and the dust that separates us from the stars that will be my home. I breathe in the night air, the rotten night air, and I miss, I miss, I miss.”
“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.”
“His eyes saved him. What they insisted on seeing and reporting to him took him out of the autism of terror.”
“Stop assuming I don't have any emotions. My inner thoughts might not be easily seen on my face. I do think and feel.”
“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.”
“Is autism a disease?If a woman asked me right now, but wouldnt you rather be cured? Id reply, would you like to be cured of being a woman?Autism, like womanhood, is painful, and difficult, and not ...”
“Thats very trusting. Iris watches Anke search our backpacks.Were saving peoples lives. We thought we could be,Anke says. Im more fixated on her arm in my backpack than on what shes saying, though. ...”
“She unwinds her scarf, taking so long about it that I wonder if she expects me to respond. You were following the rules, I offer after a minute. It makes her words no more pleasant. Resentment. Was...”
“I mean: if youre going outside to look for your sister, I get it. Max goes silent. Maybe Mirjams death is hitting him now, maybe his voice will chokebut he goes on. But if youre going outside to he...”
“autism is more like retina patterns than measles”
