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These quotes are listed alphabetically by author and then date published. They are included here because, in my opinion, they can spark important reflection. Click on a quote image for further discussion.
Alex Gillespie Enrico Gnaulati Temple Grandin Stanley I. Greenspan Paul E. McGhee Barry M. Prizant
Stuart G. Shanker Steve Silberman
ENRICO GNAULATI - Continued...
”Watch girls at a sleepover and any shared activity they engage in is often secondary to the pleasure they seem to derive from just hanging out and talking.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 164.
”Many boys feel compelled to be logical and exact in their use of language. They withdraw and shut down around people who use language more loosely.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 164-165.
”There's still a pervasive sense in our culture that to be educated is to be gender-blind, and there is something of a taboo against voicing aloud explanations for a child's behavior in terms of his or her gender.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 165.
”Poor eye contact, long-winded monologues about one's new favorite topic, being overly serious and businesslike, appearing uninterested in other's facial expressions, and restricting friendships to those who share one's interests, may all be signs of Asperger's syndrome or high-functioning autism. However, these same traits typify boys who are traditionally masculine in their behavior.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 165.
”Parents somehow have to ask the uncomfortable question in the doctor's office: Is he high-functioning autistic or really a more masculine-identified boy? If it's the latter, what a boy may need is some combination of acceptance and personal and professional help to finesse his social skills over time--not an incorrect diagnosis and unnecessary medial treatment.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 165-166.
”When highly restricted interests are shared with relatively little spontaneity and enthusiasm, in ways that fail to entice children to come hither to listen and play--this is when we should suspect autism spectrum disorder. The same is true when a kid talks without interrruption about a very technical topic, such as dinosaur names or bus schedules, seemingly indifferent to whether the listener congratulates him for his encyclopedic knowledge or is peeved by the lecture.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 166.
”Autism spectrum disordered children tend to hold steadfast to their odd topics of interest over time and not readily substitute one for another.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 167.
”Often it is a sense of humor that separates true cases of mild autism from mental giftedness. Mildly autistic kids often don't really comprehend irony, sarcasm, and absurdity. Mentally gifted kids, on the other hand, often thrive on irony, sarcasm, and absurdity.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 167.
”Highly intelligent boys who happen to be introverted by temperament are probably the subpopulation of kids who are most likely to be erroneously labeled autistic.”
Gnaulati, Enrico (2013) Back to normal. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts. p. 167.
