No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that all the time about people with mental illness.

Elyn R. Saks

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There are people who come home from war and want to talk about the pain, but no one wants to listen; there are others who want to keep silent and repress the memories, and all their family and friends want is to talk about it. I call this the war veteran reintegration paradox.

M.B. Dallocchio

Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.

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