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.
JENNY MCCARTHYIt’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.
More Jenny McCarthy Quotes
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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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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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My tricks are, I get Botox in my forehead-I just have my doctor do a little shot there. if you overdo, it looks bad. I believe in just a little bit. It allows you to keep that mobility in your face. It’s a great little secret.
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Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I’m on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.
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If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we’d rather have the measles versus autism, we’d sign up for the measles.
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I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.
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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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Waking your kids up for school the first day after a break is almost as much fun as birthing them was.
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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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Without a doubt in my mind, I believe that vaccinations triggered Evan’s autism.
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You totally value and respect your body as you get older.
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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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If you give us a safe vaccine, we’ll use it. It shouldn’t be polio versus autism.
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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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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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