Valerie Gilpeer > Quotes

“When it comes to autistic people, it’s best not to make assumptions. Many of us have skills that might surprise you. None of us is the same.”
― Valerie Gilpeer, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

“She said that autism is a motor/movement disorder that affects the timing and quality of movements, including those involved in communication. “Movement is everything,” Dr. Budding said. “There is nothing that we do that does not involve movement in some way.”
― Valerie Gilpeer, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope