Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I'm on disability now. But I paid into it my whole life. And I hated getting it - I waited seven years… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled. — Bill Toomey Copy Share Image
Disabled people are often some of the most resilient, creative and determined people you will ever likely meet. — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately,… — Jackie Walorski Copy Share Image
Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share Image
The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People… — Alain Prost Copy Share Image
I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are people out there with disabilities doing amazing things but unfortunately they don't get the chance to show off - they… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Disability strips away complacency. Affliction is brutal, but it can also push vital questions to the fore. The afflicted body becomes a… — Laurie Sheck Copy Share Image
There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Wheelchairs can have a huge impact on keeping people safe, because many who use them cannot move independently. They have mobility restrictions… — Mohammed Saeed Harib Copy Share Image
I have suffered from bullying in many ways, from bullying in school due to my disability in reading, to digital abuse that… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities,… — Warren Mundine Copy Share Image
Disability, whether as a private or a public-policy issue, is the subject on which I receive by far the most correspondence. It… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
“The government follows a business model of enriching healthy workers and depletion of assets from the sick and disabled.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
My disability makes me emotional, but it also makes me laugh; the two are not mutually exclusive and I'm comfortable doing both.… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
That's software in the States that I helped to develop. It enables people with disabilities to improvise. — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, when people meet someone in a wheelchair, or with some disability, it's the first thing they notice,… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
Not really what you can do, others can either. Not really what you can't do, neither can others. — Voeun Tivea Copy Share Image
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
We all need to say 'disabled' - because guess what? There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a disability. It makes you different.… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
There is nothing to be said for being crippled. You don't see the world better or clearer, nor do you develop some… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
As well as being a comedian, I am - whether I like it or not - representative of another group of people,… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Disability is as visual as race. If a wheelchair user can't play Beyonce, then Beyonce can't play a wheelchair user. — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
I guess through my learning disability, through dyslexia, I've always been a visual learner - I take in everything through my eyes. — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
“the pain of mending is only second to the pain of the original injury. Basically another Tuesday.” — Rebecca Yarros Copy Share Image
“Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could… — Sarah Todd Hammer Copy Share Image
We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
…What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
The carer of the disabled person is always in the background. People don't want to hear about the sleaze and the nitty-gritty… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Making accessible games opens up the world of digital play to people living with disability, or even simply people who lack the… — Zoe Quinn Copy Share Image
If only one fifth of your spells work you have real power. If only one fifth of your divinations work you have… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
Personally, from my own point of view, I feel a lot more comfortable about my disability, having done television, than I ever… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our… — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
I know that there'll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities. — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn't all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
