Autism Is Not A Disease Quotes

“what do people hope to gain through the eradication of autism or neurodivergence? What will the world lose if that aim is ever achieved? Who has the authority to decide which lives deserve to be lived?”
― Jodie Hare, Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity

“Among such misunderstandings and struggles in communication, how many are caused by a lack of interest in understanding how somebody different to you understands the world? And how much of that attitude is fuelled by an ableist perception of autistic people being deficient in some way, and therefore not worth the trouble of empathy?”
― Jodie Hare, Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity