Quotes About Neurodiversity

If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.

In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.

I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result.

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

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'

I have Asperger's, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I don't really care about social codes. It makes you think differently.

I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

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

The world needs all types of minds.

Neurodiversity? Indeed. According to The New York Times: "As psychiatrists and neurologists uncover an ever-wider variety of brain wiring," a new kind of disability movement, calling for an acceptance of neurodiversity, has been born. Proponents of neurodiversity argue that "brain differences, like body differences, should be embraced," and appeal for a neurologically tolerant society.76

Of course I don't care if you're bleeding! I'm fucking autistic !

Sting and I have six kids between us. A lot of members of our family have ADHD and dyslexia.

los adultos con TDA presentan una elevada tasa de pensamiento original y mayores logros creativos.

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

had some form of Asperger's, although there

Many ideas and habits we thought we had because we were good or bad, smart or dumb, crazy or sane—or because our parents were—are simply the result of subtle distinctions between brains. If my brain works differently from your brain, then some things that are easy for me may be hard for you and vice versa without either of us being stupid, lazy, or crazy.

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

I might have some sort of personality disorder. I might not have proper filters; it might be some kind of version of Asperger's meets Tourettes meets prose.

My first memory - at about four - was of numbers. The doctors who study me think a combination of mild autism and seizures I had when I was three have made me experience numbers the way I do.

The jury is supposed to be twelve peers, but technically that would mean every single person on the jury should have Asperger's syndrome, because then they'd really understand me.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.

Not only are these differences not going away, but we as a society need the millions of neurodiverse children in the world today, with their powerful gifts, talents, and abilities, to flourish. Because they are the future.

Autism is part of who I am.