#understandautism

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An informative comic about autism. And yup, that’s me and some friends talking a bit about it :3 Please read if you wanna better understand the diagnose and what it means to us (and maybe you?)

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“Do not fear people with Autism, embrace them, Do not spite people with Autism unite them, Do not deny people with Autism accept them for then their abilities will shine” ― Paul Isaacs

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“You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects.” ― Will Rogers

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“Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.” ― Paul Collins

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“But the Beast was a good person...the Prince looked on the outside the way the Beast was on the inside. Sometimes people couldn't see the inside of the person unless they like the outside of a person. Because they hadn't learned to hear the music yet.” ― Karen Kingsbury, Unlocked    

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“Think of it: a disability is usually defined in terms of what is missing. … But autism … is as much about what is abundant as what is missing, an over-expression of the very traits that make our species unique.” ― Paul Collins, Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism    

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"Social thinking skills must be directly taught to children and adults with ASD. Doing so opens doors of social understandings in all areas of life." 

- Temple Grandin

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"If I did not have my work, I would not have my life." 

- Temple Grandin

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"I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier."  

- Temple Grandin

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"You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented." 

- Claire Danes

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“This is a FOREVER journey with this creative, funny, highly intelligent, aggressive, impulsive, nonsocial, behavioral, often times loving individual. The nurse said to me after 6 hours with him ‘He is a gift’ INDEED he is,” 

-Janet Frenchette Held, Parent

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ʺI 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.ʺ

 - Temple Grandin

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"The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things." 

- Temple Grandin

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"We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world." 

- Temple Grandin

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"It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum." 

- Temple Grandin