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I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.
Stuart Duncan
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Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.
Stuart Duncan
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Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.
Stuart Duncan
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Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!
Stuart Duncan
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Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.
Stuart Duncan
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One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.
Stuart Duncan
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Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.
Stuart Duncan
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If you can't see the gift in having a child with autism, you're focusing too much on the autism and not enough on the child.
Stuart Duncan
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Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.
Stuart Duncan
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Having a child with Autism can mess with your head: You feel like you can move mountains for them yet you're powerless at the same time.
Stuart Duncan
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It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him.
Stuart Duncan
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Never ask for someone's thoughts on autism unless you are prepared to hear a story that doesn't resemble your own.
Stuart Duncan
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Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child.
Stuart Duncan
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Autism; It's not new just because you haven't heard of it until now.
Stuart Duncan
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Autism is the filter through which all my other senses must pass, both input and output.
Stuart Duncan
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Hugs may come less frequently from someone with autism but when they do, you know it means everything.
Stuart Duncan
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The whole world can believe in you but that won't mean a thing if you don't believe in yourself too.
Stuart Duncan
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If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.
Stuart Duncan
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While fighting for acceptance, we must remember that our own self worth is not determined by whether or not we get it.
Stuart Duncan
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Forget the shoes, forget the mile long walk... just stop judging each other.
Stuart Duncan
