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.
JENNY MCCARTHYI look at autism like a bus accident, and you don’t become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.
More Jenny McCarthy Quotes
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It can be hard for the cute girl. I was blond, cute, broke. I was beat up. I was thrown inside lockers. I was burned with cigarettes. My hair was lit on fire.
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You don’t need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance – don’t stare.
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I’m the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun.
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Google is one of the most incredible breakthroughs that we have today. Yes, it can scare a lot of patients, thinking we’re all dying because we look up something on Google. But there’s also a lot of anecdotal information from parents, firsthand accounts of what they did for their own child.
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I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don’t become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.
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All those girls who were mean to me[in high school], I pay them back by going through the drive-through window and asking for my burger. That feels really great.
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Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they’ll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they’ll run for the door. They know better.
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It’s absolutely imperative for the parents and the typical kids to have time by themselves, to go out to dinner or even go on vacation while someone else cares for the autistic child.
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You totally value and respect your body as you get older.
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For a seriously autistic kid, the best prognosis might be getting into a mainstream school without being too much of a shadow. For a moderately autistic kid the best prognosis is full recovery.
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I can’t even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars.
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If you give us a safe vaccine, we’ll use it. It shouldn’t be polio versus autism.
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I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don’t know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh.
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So basically, I don’t know what I’m talking about. But maybe I do.
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I usually have my protein at lunch and my carbs at night – I don’t mix protein and carbs.
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