40 Quotes to Uplift and Inspire You This World Autism Awareness Month
April 7, 2016
April is World Autism Awareness Month (aka Autism Acceptance Month), and it’s the perfect time to show your support and spread awareness about the autism. Whether your child or someone else you know has autism, there are many ways you can celebrate this special month.
Happy World Autism Awareness Month from the AngelSense team! May you never lose sight of just how special the special people in your life are
1. “Autism can’t define me. I define autism.” – Kerry Magro
2. “Everyone has a mountain to climb and autism has not been my mountain, it has been my opportunity for victory.” – Rachel Barcellona
3. “I might hit developmental and societal milestones in a different order than my peers, but I am able to accomplish these small victories on my own time.” – Haley Moss
4. “Anything Is possible! If I can do it, so can you!” – Dani Bowman
5. “If I could snap my fingers and be non-autistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.”- Temple Grandin
6. “Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It’s that you’re destroying the peg.”- Paul Collins
7. “Autism is part of my child, it’s not everything he is. My child is so much more than a diagnosis.”- S.L. Coelho
8. “When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.” – Seth Godin
9. “Don’t think that there’s a different, better child ‘hiding’ behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child. You may have to work harder on some of this, but that’s the goal.” – Claire Scovell LaZebnik
10. “A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger’s lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing” – Nicholas Sparks
11. “Autism: Where the “randomness of life” collides and clashes with an individual’s need for the sameness~” ― Eileen Miller
12. “Do not fear people with Autism, embrace them. Do not spite people with Autism, unite them. Do not deny people with Autism, accept them for then their abilities will shine.” – Paul Isaacs
13. “What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.” -Temple Grandin
14. “Even for parents of children that are not on the spectrum, there is no such thing as a normal child.” – Violet Stevens
15. “I see people with Asperger’s syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.” – Tony Attwood
16. “Autism doesn’t have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.”- Adrienne Bailon, Artist
17. “It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential.”- Hans Asperger
18. “Why Fit in when you were born to standout?”- Dr. Seuss
19. “The difference between high-functioning and low-functioning is that high-functioning means your deficits are ignored, and low-functioning means your assets are ignored.” – Laura Tisoncik
20. “I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.”- Tyler Durdin
21. “Autism is as much a part of humanity as is the capacity to dream.”-Kathleen Seidel
22. “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You!” – Dr. Seuss
23. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
24. “Let’s stop ‘tolerating’ or ‘accepting’ difference, as if we’re so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let’s celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different. – Kate Bornstein
25. “What I like to tell parents is that raising a child with autism is running a marathon. It’s not a sprint” – Dr. Brian Bowman
26. “Get to know someone on the spectrum and your life will truly be blessed” – Stephanie L. Parker
27. “To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.” – Ban Ki-moon
28. “I smile every day watching my own kids grow and blossom, and the more they progress, the stronger an advocate I become for those who don’t have a voice.” – Matt Bentgzen
29. “Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.” – Martina Navratilova
30. “If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou
31. “My ability is stronger than my disability.” – Luke Watson
32. “Normal is just a dryer setting.” – Patsy Clairmont
33. “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” – Stephen Shore
34. “Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of.” – Morgan Freeman
35. “My autism is like the taste of tepid saké, different but interesting,” – Sue Rubin
36. “Our duty in autism is not to cure but to relieve suffering and to maximize each person’s potential,” – John Elder Robison
37. “Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does,” – Stella Young
38. “Someone with Asperger’s really is like you, just more extreme.” – Winnie Dunn
39. “Those without obsessive focus have to take classes to cultivate it.” – Rudy Simone
40.“ Autism has touched our lives in innumerable ways. It’s made us kinder, more tolerant and changed how we see the world.” AngelSense Team
What are your favorite autism and asperger’s quotes? Share them in the comments below.
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