Joseph Mawle Quotes

My heart bleeds, goes out for families with kids with autism.

My heart goes out to kids with autism.

As I grew up, I became aware that there are people with special needs out there, and I have a real connection with them.

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He just doesn't communicate well.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other.

Down syndrome kids can learn. Like Corky. That's the way I feel about it... For those kids who have Down syndrome, to give them a chance.

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.

When I was a little boy, there were a lot of children with physical problems in my hometown, and my parents used to work with them, and I learned a lot about that. Since I was a child, helping out, doing what I can, was something that fulfilled me.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them.

I really admire medical people. They have a great sense of humour, and they just have to get on with it.

I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.

To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.

My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot more about it.

It is important for children to grow up in a world where there are all kinds of adults and role models around them, for them to know it's not just parents and people who are parents that care about them, but that there are people who are living other kinds of lives.

I can assuredly say that it's my life's mission to love all people.

Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.