People with autism flourish in domains where the information is consistent and predictable, and struggle most in domains where the information is ambiguous and unlawful. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
Inspiring children at an early age is key, and perhaps we need to put technology in a more social context. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
If you’ve got good systemising skills you can apply them to systems you aren’t familiar with, and look for patterns. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
In general it’s good to give children as wide a choice as possible, and there is no harm in encouraging children to play with ‘typical’ toys for the opposite sex. But whether they should be trying to change children is a more ethical decision; I think we should be supporting a child’s interests, whatever they are. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
We have found fathers and grandfathers of children with autism are more likely to be engineers. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
Among both individuals with high-functioning autism or Asperger and their parents, many are superfast at spotting details. You hardly have time to get the experimental materials out on the table before they’ve spotted the target. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
It may be true in the case of autism that if you start off with a deficit in terms of empathy or mind reading, you’ve just got more time to devote to understanding the world by systemizing. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
In the person with autism, the brain may already be seeing the part and be less distracted by the whole, and in the person without autism the brain may have to set aside its picture of the whole to analyze the detail. Simon Baron-Cohen Read Quote
