Cynthia Lord Quotes
Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?
Quotes to Explore
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To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
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Studies by many labs have already started to identify specific circuits of neurons involved in normal cognitive function like memory and learning, as well as disease processes such as Parkinson's disease, depression, and autism.
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One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'
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Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path.
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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.
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An art project, a hands-on science experiment, or a special field trip can transcend textbooks and flash cards. No one knows this better than those teaching students with autism.
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What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.
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I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?
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We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.
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I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis.
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Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other.
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For a long time our son was a little boy with autism, which was a certain kind of challenge. Now that he's a teenager with autism - and a teenager who notices girls - we're faced with something else altogether.
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There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.
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A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
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To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.
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My journey deep into coma, outside this lowly physical realm and into the loftiest dwelling place of the almighty Creator, revealed the indescribably immense chasm between our human knowledge and the awe-inspiring realm of God.
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Such sober certainty of waking bliss.
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I do not see the world at all; I invent it.
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There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.
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In order to understand what the world would become, we must first know what it was.
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I enjoy worldbuilding very much. I generally start with an approximation. With 'Flesh and Spirit' and 'Breath and Bone,' because I was thinking of a world on the brink of a dark age, I began with the sense of Roman Britain. But I purposely set the geography to match something other than Britain - which has been overdone.
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The Democrats need to be confident about making their argument... and making sure that everybody knows we care about them.
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Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?
