Memorable Quotes from Rhys Wakefield
4 quotesUnderstanding Autism and Its Misconceptions
Boy
Why's your brother a spastic?
Thomas Mollison
He's not a spastic. He's autistic.
Boy
Same diff.
Thomas Mollison
No, not really.
Boy
He doesn't talk and shit.
Thomas Mollison
Yes, he doesn't talk.
Boy
Then why does he make all that fuckin noise?
Maggie Mollison
Hello, boys. Where do you live?
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School Bus Conversations Between Friends
Russell
Are you riding the bus? Are you coming to our school?
[sitting next to Thomas, who does not have autism but has been forced to get a ride to his school by riding in the special-education school bus with his brother Charlie who has autism; Russell has autism and is Charlie's friend]
Thomas Mollison
No, no!
Russell
Oh, yes you are! Thomas is coming to our school! Thomas is riding the bus with Charlie! Thomas is riding the bus with Russell! Do you like buses, Thomas? Do you like buses?
Russell
Thomas doesn't like buses! Thomas doesn't like buses!
[loudly, with the semi-musical inflection of reciting a nursery rhyme; laughing loudly]
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Family Loyalty Amidst Challenges
Thomas Mollison
Dad, do you ever wish Charlie was normal?
Simon Mollison
All I know is he's my own, and you're weak as piss if you don't look after your own.
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Seeing Beyond the Darkness
Jackie Masters
Close your eyes, what do you see?
Thomas Mollison
Black.
Jackie Masters
Look harder.
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