20 quotes found
“I love introverts. They don't waste words. Excessive extroverts can be very wasteful. I don't trust them in any kind of intricate or delicate matter.”
“I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the language but are completely baffled by idioms. (Seriously, how could anyone who ...”
“That sad sinking feeling you get when you don't fit in even with other autistics”
“Far too many people on the spectrum spend most of their days with people who carry around memories of, and are often too overwhelmed by incidents of, prior misinterpretation. This is no fun. In tra...”
“Traveling in other countries is especially fun because others often attribute your differences to the less-stigmatizing idea that you're like this only because you're a foreigner.”
“If you dont know how to deal with emotion, other peoples feelings can hit you like a drug.”
“Please don't obsess on the number of friends i have or don't have. I'll find my own way, it will be right for me.”
“I sometimes shock the people around me with how I see things. I come up with very unique solutions to things. As I can picture things in my mind and move them around to design and understand them.”
“Before my diagnosis.I used to be a collection of other people.An Actress,Now I'm finding out who I actually am.It's been a journey, but I have made it.”
“My fear is if i lower my mask will people accept me?”
“Part of the torture of autism is that the future is so impossibly unsure. Your child might become a fully functioning member of society and appear no different than anyone else, even if he does hav...”
“Stupid English.""English isn't stupid," I say."Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he w...”
“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.”
“On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.”
“I'm an autistic girl. I have many years to grow. I'm going to rock my life. Just watch me shine”
“I take criticism to heart. The words hit me literally and it hurts. It can take me a long time to recover from it.”
“I'm not a hero for living autistic. I'm a person just like you. Just living my life.”
“If you don’t know how to deal with emotion, other people’s feelings can hit you like a drug.”
