Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The thing about my comedy is that I'm so comfortable with my disability that you don't have a right to be uncomfortable. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I think there are low expectations of people with disabilities - sometimes you'll come down a set of steps into a taxi… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Stop ignoring disabled people, we make up 22 per cent of the population. We're here and we're worth listening to. — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
“Notice the difference: A child’s disability is the focus in traditional classroom settings, but his abilities are the focus in the homeschool… — Sandra K. Cook Copy Share Image
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
Through good times and bad, American workers and their families have been able to rely on Social Security to provide guaranteed protection… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking,… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
Back in the 1950s, we did a study in Framingham called the Framingham Study.This needs to be done for developmental disabilities. It's… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have… — Carl Karcher Copy Share Image
As a person with cerebral palsy who walks with crutches, people have the assumption that I've had to overcome a lot of… — Greg Walloch Copy Share Image
“It is important that nurses and doctors know that failing to use legally required health and safety protocols with COVID-19 patients may… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“That made love—not grace—the magic ingredient. Then a new thought hit her. Perhaps love was grace. A shiver went up her spine.… — Penelope Marzec Copy Share Image
Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I just remember when my first child was born I called the personnel office and I asked them about their leave policies.… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
“It was probably no accident that it was the cripple Hephaestus who made ingenious machines; a normal man didn't have to hoist… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
If everything was perfect, it would always be a person-first conversation, but whenever I have the opportunity, I lead with my personality.… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
A lot of society tries to put people with disabilities into one cube, and when you think about it, many, many people… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs,… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
“I want to sharpen my pride on what strengthens me, my witness on what haunts me. Whatever we name ourselves, however we… — Eli Clare Copy Share Image
When a parent who has a little kid with a disability says they saw me and now they've found a purpose, that's… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Why are non-disabled people writing about disability without consultation? When that happens, the end result... you might get it right once, but… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every parent worries about whether their kids are going to be proud of them or are they going to think they're cool,… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
One thing I struggled with the most was my brother started playing football, AFL and I remember I went down and wanted… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
So many times we say that we can't serve God because we aren't whatever is needed. We're not talented enough or smart… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
I do a lot of conferences, and I did a campaign with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation called "Just Say Hi." They get… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
“Can you stand on your legs?” Sydelle Pulaski asked. “Can you walk at all?” People never asked Chris those questions; they whispered… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“Our disability is discursive: we simply do not know how to talk about these things any more. For the last thirty years,… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
My brother was told that he wouldn't walk, that he wouldn't be able to play drums, that he wouldn't be able to… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
When people are talking to someone with a disability, they worry about getting language wrong. So what do they do? They don't… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
