#autism

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. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#psychology #society #life

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

#autism #socialism

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#intellectual-sophistication #internet #irony #nerd #nerdery

I see autism as having many different strands. All of these strands are beautiful. They are all the colours of the rainsbow intertwined intricately into the child. If you try and take away the autism by removing the strands you also take away parts of the child as they are attached to them. Thhey are what makes them who they are. However autism is only a part of them, not the whole. It does not define them. This is for my Tom. ↗

— J.M. Worgan

#autism #beauty

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation. ↗

— Mary Bono

#developmental #disability #fastest #growing #nation

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

— Luke Ford

#autistic #days #growing #kids #spectrum

Autism is part of who I am. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #i #i am #part #who

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

— Temple Grandin

#am #approach #autism #believer #i

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. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#first #genetics #get #guy #made

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

#autism #behavior #blood #blood pressure #changes