33 Autism Quotes For Inspiration

In a world where understanding and compassion can make all the difference, inspirational quotes about autism serve as a beacon of hope and a source of encouragement. These thoughtfully chosen words resonate with the experiences of those living with autism and their families, offering insight, empathy, and inspiration. Whether you're looking for a spark of motivation, a comforting reminder, or a new perspective, our curated collection of the top 33 autism quotes is here to uplift and empower. Dive in and discover how the power of language can shine a light on the beauty and strength within the autism community.

1. “Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.” - Debra Ginsberg

2. “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

3. “In reference to Einstein's definition of insanity...No Mr. Einstein, that is not insanity, that is autism.” - Eileen Miller

4. “Autism: Where the "randomness of life" collides and clashes with an individual"s need for the sameness~” - Eileen Miller

5. “I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.” - Jerry Newport

6. “Why was it considered normal for a girl to live for fashion and makeup, but not car engines or bugs? And what about sports fanatics? My mom had a boyfriend who would flip out if he missed even a minute of a football game. Wouldn't that be what doctors considered autistic behavior?” - Tara Kelly

7. “On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.” - Jodi Picoult

8. “I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result.” - Temple Grandin

9. “Jacob's room is the place entropy goes to die.” - Jodi Picoult

10. “I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.” - Elizabeth Moon

11. “If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn” - O. Ivar Lovaas

12. “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.” - Temple Grandin

13. “Autism, is part of my child, it's not everything he is. My child is so much more than a diagnosis.” - Sandra L Westendorf-Coelho

14. “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

15. “If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.” - Temple Grandin

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

17. “I myself am opaque, for some reason. Their eyes cannot see me. Yes, that's it: The world is autistic with respect to me.” - Anne Nesbet

18. “Wearing a cloak is on Rose's list of the thousand things she hates most. The problem is that each of the thousand problems is ranked number one.'But Dr. Rannigan says you must and anyway, it hardly weighs a thing, it's so full of holes.' I swung mine round my shoulders. Rose hates any bit of clothing that constricts, but I say Chin up and bear it. Life is just one great constriction.'Ventilated,' I said, 'that's the word. Our cloaks are terrifically ventilated.” - Franny Billingsley

19. “The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

20. “I attended a symposium, an event named after a fifth century (B.C.) Athenian drinking party in which nonnerds talked about love; alas, there was no drinking, and mercifully, nobody talked about love.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

21. “I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each other intelligent...Smart and wise people who score low on IQ tests, or patently intellectually defective ones, like the former U.S. president George W. Bush, who score high on them (130), are testing the test and not the reverse.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

22. “Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

23. “I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning.” - Temple Grandin

24. “The reactions of the many should not affect the actions of the few.” - Joey Lawsin

25. “You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.” - Matthew Dicks

26. “I see autism as having many different strands. All of these strands are beautiful. They are all the colours of the rainsbow intertwined intricately into the child. If you try and take away the autism by removing the strands you also take away parts of the child as they are attached to them. Thhey are what makes them who they are. However autism is only a part of them, not the whole. It does not define them.This is for my Tom.” - J.M. Worgan

27. “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury” - T.K. Thorne

28. “That night, my heart softened around Wills's autism. Clearly, Katherine had been right. I couldn't isolate him. As painful as it was to watch him paralyzed with fright, I knew that he was happier when he tried. Not showing up was admitting defeat. Admitting that he couldn't do it. Admitting that the autism was bigger than him.” - Monica Holloway

29. “Would I ever have the courage to tell Wills the truth? That he wasn't just imagining the world was a more difficult place for him to understand than for some of his buddies - that it was, in fact, more difficult for him. That he'd been dealt a rotten hand in that regard, but only in that one regard. Because I wouldn't change one freckle, one misunderstood moment, one tiny piece of him for anything in the world. I would change myself. I would change the things other people said or thought out of ignorance or fear. I would change so many things, but I would absolutely never, in a million years, change him.” - Monica Holloway

30. “Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the comment that not only are universities a 'cathedral' for worship of knowledge, they are also 'sheltered workshops' for the socially challenged.” - Tony Attwood

31. “A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing” - Nicholas Sparks

32. “How very scared I was of everything, and in the end how very scared I was of her. This woman I knew, and did not know, and loved.” - James Christie

33. “Also I didn't have 20/20 vision which you needed to be a pilot. But I said you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.” - Mark Haddon