“I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.” — Sarah Todd Hammer Copy Share Image
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of… — Robert Sternberg Copy Share Image
People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment. — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
While I don't enjoy being looked at constantly, what I experience cannot be labelled as a disability hate crime. That is a… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
What a relief it was to discover that I wasnt realy an idiot! I simply had a learning disability. — John H. Johnson Copy Share Image
Only three per cent of people are born with a disability; the rest acquire it through accident or illness, but people come… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
It's so normal for disabled people that we're used to fighting all the time, so it's nice not to. — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I'd like to rebrand the whole thing that's called 'disability'. It's an unsuitable title in the modern world. — Viktoria Modesta 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
The disability that I get, which I'm grateful for the rest of America helping me get - but it's such a small… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in… — Terry Fox Copy Share Image
Well, if you can't then write in the press or put on television the importance of parents changing what they're doing, then… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
So much is not known about disability and so much feared. I can understand that because if we're not everywhere, if access… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What matters to people with disabilities is how they can lead rewarding lives twenty or thirty years from now.” — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The weekend was a much-needed breath of fresh air; Monday always seemed to not only take that breath right back, but add… — Jennifer Starzec Copy Share Image
We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Pain is Pain. Broken is Broken. FEAR is the Biggest Disability of all. And will PARALYZE you More Than Being in a… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
I always say deafness is a silent disability: you can't see, and it's not life-threatening, so it has to touch your life… — Rachel Shenton 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
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
“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
There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
“For many people, years spent voyaging through the corporate government disability system results in a blatant denial of earned benefits and an… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If a disability is physical, then it can hinder success for some time, but The narrow religious thinking will not let that… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
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
“Pity? [If] you don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair, stay in your house!” — Jerry Lewis 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
Of course there are people who, either because of sickness or disability, can't work, in the short term, and sometimes throughout their… — Rachel Reeves 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
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
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
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