Autistic Child Quotes

“If we can't start by seeing an autistic child as inherently capable, interesting, and valuable, no amount of education or therapy we layer on top is going to matter.”
― Ellen Notbohm, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

“We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Sonnet on The Spectrum
(Diary of An Autistic Neuroscientist)

We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.

Sensory overload is our biggest struggle,
an eternal battle against daily situations.
Storms that the normals experience only in
tragedy, are our life's everyday occurrence.

Sidelining the stormy torment of the spectrum,
the world romanticizes with autistic savants.
I never could communicate with my parents,
and they never knew what my struggle was.

We autistics have difficulty communicating,
till we speak on a matter of interest.
Then we can jabber like any neurotypical,
bursting with joy in our nerves and veins.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Sensory overload is our biggest struggle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.

Sensory overload is our biggest struggle,
an eternal battle against daily situations.
Storms that the normals experience only in
tragedy, are our life’s everyday occurrence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“If I were growing up today, I probably would be diagnosed on the autism spectrum.”
― Bill Gates, Source Code - Meine Anfänge

“This is not a parenting manual. There are no step-by-step plans in these pages, no perfect formulas... Instead, this book is something much simpler. It is a companion."

"Sometimes what helps us survive hard seasons is not grand solutions. They are small truths. Tiny anchors."

"If there is truth in these pages, you will recognise it. Not because I wrote it, but because some part of you already knows it.”
― Tanya Valentin, Tiny Anchors: Small Moments of Care For Parents Carrying More Than Most Can See

“At five years old, Ima already knew more about the universe than I ever have. To be honest, the sheer depth of his passions amazed me, but it also scared me a little.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“To us, it was nothing more than a few inches of hair. To him, it was an irretrievable piece of himself, gone forever.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“I realized then, with terrifying clarity: Ima’s boundaries are much more fragile than those of other children and they are never meant to be broken by force. They must be allowed to fade away on their own terms, no matter how much time it takes.”
― Jolanta Kigele, They Don’t See Me: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism

“Friendship. Something Raina wanted more than air. But something that always felt impossible. She could never outrun the disability when it came to socializing in large groups. She always said something incorrect. Something they found off-putting. People often asked her what was “wrong” with her and Raina had never been able to answer.”
― Elle McNicoll, Unapologetic Love Story

“Now, in this moment of darkness where she’d wanted only clarity, she begged Him.
“Please, make me just like other people,” she whispered into the earth. “Please, God, please. Just like them. Make me know what to say. Make me know how to show them I’m not all wrong.”
She didn’t know what the label meant. She didn’t know what she was. She only knew that she was so tired of speaking the same language as all of them, using the same expressions as all of them, only to be treated like an alien.
“Please,” she cried into the ground. “Please.”
She dug her hands into the grass and the soil. She gripped the dirt of the earth and begged for rescue. For someone to understand. For something to change. For intervention. For something to come down from the sky and make sense of everything for her. For a door to open and reveal that she was in the wrong story. A mistake. One that could be quickly rectified.”
― Elle McNicoll, Unapologetic Love Story