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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Craziest thing I’ve done for love is getting married. I think it’s crazy. I think it’s crazy, crazy, crazy. I’m never going to say I wouldn’t do it again but I have to make sure it’s love and not settling for the ‘I have to do this by a certain age,’ which is kind of what I did.
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At one point, my house was a school for autistic children. I opened up my doors to about 30 kids and their families at the time. I was turning into Mary Poppins because I had to do something for these kids who have nowhere to go. So my house was the school for two years.
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I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis.
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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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Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.
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I’m the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun.
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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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No I don’t have a sex tape and I’m kind of upset that I don’t. You know why? ‘Cause I’m really good.
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I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, ‘Hey, sorry about the autism, but here’s a step-by-step list on what to do next.’ But doctors don’t do that. They say ‘sorry’ and move you along.
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Why should 20-year-olds only be considered sexy? I think we get better with age.
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The reason why [the medical community] is reluctant to talk about it is because there’s such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.
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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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I’m the worst person to tell anybody how to date.
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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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When I was a little girl, rocking my little dolls, I remember thinking I would be the world’s best mom, and so far I’ve done it.
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