59 Autism Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm not a doctor or scientist. I'm just a mom. But I do think there's a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental triggers. I feel like that combination, in my child's case, is what resulted in autism. Holly Robinson Peete

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The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine and the development of autism. Irwin Redlener

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My brother was diagnosed with autism at age 2. At the time, I was young, so I didn't really understand what it all meant. The doctors thought there was a possibility my brother wouldn't be able to speak - he was diagnosed on the severe end of the spectrum. Jacquelyn Jablonski

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A child gets vaccinated and soon after, autism symptoms emerge. The apparent cause-and-effect is understandable but erroneous - more a coincidence of the calendar and childhood developmental stages than anything else, as repeated and exhaustive studies have shown. Jeffrey Kluger

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I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism? Jenny McCarthy

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If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism. Jenny McCarthy

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I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover. Jenny McCarthy

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Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better. Jenny McCarthy

What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism. Jenny McCarthy

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We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services. Jenny McCarthy

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I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis. Jenny McCarthy

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Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses. John Travolta

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I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services? Lois Frankel

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One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing. Luke Ford

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Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation. Mary Bono

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Many people with autism struggle with reading nonverbal cues and acting on them. When you lose that ability to understand and process nonverbal cues, you're at a huge disadvantage socially. Rana el Kaliouby

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One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection. Temple Grandin

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I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary. Temple Grandin

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When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. Temple Grandin

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I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. Temple Grandin

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If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple. Temple Grandin

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