"When parents say, "I wish my child did not have autism," what they’re really saying is, "I wish the autistic child I have did not exist, and I had a different [nonautistic] child instead." Read that again. This is what we hear when you mourn over our existence. This is what we hear when you pray for a cure. This is what we know, when you tell us of your fondest hopes and dreams for us: that your greatest wish is that one day we will cease to be, and strangers you can love will move in behind our faces."

Source : "Don't Mourn for Us". Jim Sinclair, "Our Voice" (the Autism Network International newsletter), Volume 1, Number 3, 1993.

Jim Sinclair

#Dream Quotes #Children Quotes #Moving Quotes

“Knowledge is a plant of slow growth.”

Source : Thomas Cooper (1812). “The Introductory Lecture of Thomas Cooper, Esq: Professor of Chemistry at Carlisle College, Pennsylvania”, p.4
“Strength is an excellent example of a physical characteristic that drives improvement in other athletic parameters. More strength means more power, more endurance, better coordination, and better everything else. This is why, all other things being equal, the stronger athlete is the better athlete.”
“Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.”

Source : Paul Fussell (1990). “Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War”, p.80, Oxford University Press
“The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesnâ€™t love it but because it is not afraid of it.”
“The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their destruction, which is already hit by the gamblers in corruption, and is sweeping away in its progress the fortunes and morals of our citizens.”
“There are three things I commit to on a daily basis: Exercising for an hour a day, tops. Never skipping meals. And accepting the size and shape I was born with.”
“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
“They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.”

Source : "New Orleans Mayor Lashes Out at Feds". WWL-AM Radio Interview, us.cnn.com. September 02, 2005.

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