Jenny McCarthy Quotes

I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty!

I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It takes a hell of a lot of concentration, and you've got to focus on the child properly for seven hours a day.

Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free.

From a tourist's point of view, you finally have time to travel, but you need to spend your time looking after your child. Club Med takes care of the entire family.

I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.

A friend of mine has a son who became deaf through meningitis. He called me one spring and asked me to keep a week out of my schedule because he wanted to start a school for deaf kids. I wanted to help.

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

What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.

Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities.

Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what I am doing to help people understand it better.

The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

My grandmother, Nina Eaton, founded United Cerebral Palsy. At the time that my father was born with it, there were no resources for people with the condition. So my grandmother and grandfather, who lived in Brooklyn, tried to reach out for some type of resource or support, and people just told them to institutionalize my father.

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.

A lady emailed me that her child had been diagnosed with autism and that hearing my material on the subject had helped her. To me, it just means that I'm making the right decision in talking about this.

Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

We wear 'Autism' on our shorts to raise awareness and show support for other families dealing with autism.

Being mothers, we try to stay home as much as possible and attend to the children.

For eight years, I taught special-needs preschool for 18 months to 3-year-olds. It's what I was gonna do with my career for a while, and then I got a little burnt out.

Ranveer was almost three when I began my second stint. I took up TV assignments so that I could have enough time at home. While being 24/7 with my child was amazing and his company stimulating, I missed adult conversations.

I have understood by observing blind people that they are very confident. They don't see themselves as suffering from a disability.

I like to discuss my condition publicly because if I, with this disability, am able to fulfill some of my ambitions, so can other diabetics.

I got two young kids, so as much as I train a lot, free time is spent with my kids.

It's so nice that today, young gay men have a choice about who they want to hang out with.

There was no way I was going to have a baby and hand him over to a nanny.