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

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

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.

I am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

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

Brain waves are like personal handwriting.

For every one pupil who needs to be guarded from a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity

Yeah, Mel! If she shoves you again, smack her in the face!" bellowed Mika.Kira glared at Mika. "I mean, beat her in the race!

The chief al Qaeda recruiting tool is the net.

When you have a big heart and big stuff, anything is possible.

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.

Yes! I'm the slowest comic-book writer on Earth.

Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

Don't trust, just verify.

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor.