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Top 15 Jennifer O'Toole Quotes (2025 Update)

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “When we feel either understimulated or overstimulated, we physically cannot reason, listen, or think about anything else. We can’t just ignore it. We can’t learn. We can’t be spontaneous or fun. We can’t rationalize well. And we can’t hear others’ needs, let alone be certain we understand our own. It’s like trying to see your own reflection in a pot of boiling water. Nothing is clear.”

1. “When we feel either understimulated or overstimulated, we physically cannot reason, listen, or think about anything else. We can’t just ignore it. We can’t learn. We can’t be spontaneous or fun. We can’t rationalize well. And we can’t hear others’ needs, let alone be certain we understand our own. It’s like trying to see your own reflection in a pot of boiling water. Nothing is clear.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Life, they say, is about the journey, not the destination. Well, whoever they are, they are very clearly neurotypical. For spectrum minds, too much choice will halt you in your steps. Waypoints and destinations are the only indications of trajectory.”

2. “Life, they say, is about the journey, not the destination. Well, whoever they are, they are very clearly neurotypical. For spectrum minds, too much choice will halt you in your steps. Waypoints and destinations are the only indications of trajectory.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Scans showed that each autistic girl’s brain behaved more like that of a typical boy of the same age, which, compared to typical girls, has reduced activity in regions normally associated with socializing. The brain-activity measures of autistic girls would not be considered “autistic” in a boy. Instead, the brain of a girl with autism may be more like the brain of a typical boy than that of a boy with autism.”

3. “Scans showed that each autistic girl’s brain behaved more like that of a typical boy of the same age, which, compared to typical girls, has reduced activity in regions normally associated with socializing. The brain-activity measures of autistic girls would not be considered “autistic” in a boy. Instead, the brain of a girl with autism may be more like the brain of a typical boy than that of a boy with autism.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “We frequently have a strong connection to poetry and song lyrics and can detect incredibly subtle patterns within both.”

4. “We frequently have a strong connection to poetry and song lyrics and can detect incredibly subtle patterns within both.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “And maybe, just maybe, I’d be able to build an authentic, curious, passionate life on the beautifully atypical Belle Curve.”

5. “And maybe, just maybe, I’d be able to build an authentic, curious, passionate life on the beautifully atypical Belle Curve.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “We tend to be socially naive, blind to others’ motives, and have a tough time clearly distinguishing between levels of a social hierarchy.”

6. “We tend to be socially naive, blind to others’ motives, and have a tough time clearly distinguishing between levels of a social hierarchy.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Adjectives are opinions. Feelings. They are not absolutes.”

7. “Adjectives are opinions. Feelings. They are not absolutes.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Appearances can be deceiving. Even as my mom witnessed the “glitches” in her own, recently diagnosed daughter – the very distress and disconnects that are characteristic of autism – she did not see autism. She saw stubbornness. Inappropriate choices. Dramatic hysterics.”

8. “Appearances can be deceiving. Even as my mom witnessed the “glitches” in her own, recently diagnosed daughter – the very distress and disconnects that are characteristic of autism – she did not see autism. She saw stubbornness. Inappropriate choices. Dramatic hysterics.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “I didn’t tolerate awful things because I was needy or insecure. I was needy and insecure because I’d had to tolerate awful things. If you believe you are worthy and strong, you will live up to that truth. If you believe you are unworthy of love or happiness, you will live up to that truth, too.”

9. “I didn’t tolerate awful things because I was needy or insecure. I was needy and insecure because I’d had to tolerate awful things. If you believe you are worthy and strong, you will live up to that truth. If you believe you are unworthy of love or happiness, you will live up to that truth, too.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “The experience of life from within any group has to be described by members of that group.”

10. “The experience of life from within any group has to be described by members of that group.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “I would either head to the playground alone or sit beside her and read – which she said “looked weird.” Though she couldn’t know, those words hurt more than anything else. Feeling that we have let down our parents is a pain anyone can understand. But feeling that one’s innate self is a letdown just slays you.”

11. “I would either head to the playground alone or sit beside her and read – which she said “looked weird.” Though she couldn’t know, those words hurt more than anything else. Feeling that we have let down our parents is a pain anyone can understand. But feeling that one’s innate self is a letdown just slays you.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “We are told we feel one way when we feel something entirely different. We confuse what expressions are meant to match with which feelings – the ones we feel or the ones they say we feel? Or is that how the other person looks when they feel this way? Or are they feeling what I was actually feeling, not what they said I was feeling?”

12. “We are told we feel one way when we feel something entirely different. We confuse what expressions are meant to match with which feelings – the ones we feel or the ones they say we feel? Or is that how the other person looks when they feel this way? Or are they feeling what I was actually feeling, not what they said I was feeling?”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Needs to know that without exception, she is believed. That even when her perspective is limited or her reactions feel extreme to others, they are entirely authentic and real for her. That we will honor and love her for them, not in spite of them. More than a promise, that’s a responsibility.”

13. “Needs to know that without exception, she is believed. That even when her perspective is limited or her reactions feel extreme to others, they are entirely authentic and real for her. That we will honor and love her for them, not in spite of them. More than a promise, that’s a responsibility.”

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Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Dictionaries for futuristic alien societies. Wiki boards all about hairstyles and social strata from a specific time period. These are all “worlds” where we can imagine ourselves thriving socially – worlds with fixed, clear customs, clothing, and languages that leave a whole lot less room for mistakes.”

14. “Dictionaries for futuristic alien societies. Wiki boards all about hairstyles and social strata from a specific time period. These are all “worlds” where we can imagine ourselves thriving socially – worlds with fixed, clear customs, clothing, and languages that leave a whole lot less room for mistakes.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “They’re just different in brains that are neurologically different, regardless of which way the comparison is made. Or, as Charles Addams put it, “Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” No matter who’s the fly and who’s the spider, it still makes sense.”

15. “They’re just different in brains that are neurologically different, regardless of which way the comparison is made. Or, as Charles Addams put it, “Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” No matter who’s the fly and who’s the spider, it still makes sense.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “What’s it like to be us? Too much. We feel too much. React too much. Say too much. Need too much. So says the world. I say: the world is wrong. There is an exquisite trade-off for a life so differently led: complex imagination, limitless curiosity, profound compassion, and restless independent thought. They are the core of everything I am. They will be responsible for whatever legacy I leave behind.”

16. “What’s it like to be us? Too much. We feel too much. React too much. Say too much. Need too much. So says the world. I say: the world is wrong. There is an exquisite trade-off for a life so differently led: complex imagination, limitless curiosity, profound compassion, and restless independent thought. They are the core of everything I am. They will be responsible for whatever legacy I leave behind.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “And me? I’m overestimated just as often because I’m so loquacious. What looks like “high-functioning” is really just “highly camouflaged.” My challenges aren’t less real. Nor are they less autistic. They’re just less obvious.”

17. “And me? I’m overestimated just as often because I’m so loquacious. What looks like “high-functioning” is really just “highly camouflaged.” My challenges aren’t less real. Nor are they less autistic. They’re just less obvious.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

Jennifer O'Toole Quote: “Largely, it’s what we usually refer to as sympathy or compassion – feeling delighted or afraid or concerned or thrilled for someone, doing what we can to alleviate any suffering, and securing them in love. That’s emotional empathy. And that we’ve got in spades.”

18. “Largely, it’s what we usually refer to as sympathy or compassion – feeling delighted or afraid or concerned or thrilled for someone, doing what we can to alleviate any suffering, and securing them in love. That’s emotional empathy. And that we’ve got in spades.”

— Jennifer O'Toole

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