Morton Ann Gernsbacher quotes

Morton Ann Gernsbacher quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Research demonstrates that autistic traits are distributed into the non-autistic population; some people have more of them, some have fewer. History suggests that many individuals whom we would today diagnose as autistic - some severely so - contributed profoundly to our art, our math, our science, and our literature.”
-- Morton Ann Gernsbacher

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“I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.”
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.”
“God is subtle but he is not malicious.”
“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.”
“Some of the greatest advances in mathematics have been due to the invention of symbols, which it afterwards became necessary to explain; from the minus sign proceeded the whole theory of negative quantities.”
“I am not really doing research, just trying to cultivate myself.”
“Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.”
“To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.”
“Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child.”
“Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.”

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