One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.
Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.
Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.
Autism is just the surface. What is inside each of us is what matters, autistic or not.
I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary.
A friend of mine works for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that is making a real difference in the lives of so many people.
There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism.
Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.
Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.
People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.
The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine and the development of autism.
My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.
Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.
What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more than 1 million Americans with ASDs.
If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.
I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased.
Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.
Its not the label of autism we need for our children, its the help and understanding that comes with that label that we need.
Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path.
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
