People with disabilities Quotes · Page 2

That's software in the States that I helped to develop. It enables people with disabilities to improvise.

— Pauline Oliveros

I know that there'll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.

— Stevie Wonder

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

— Stella Young

Sometimes people look at people with disabilities and there's a moment where they just feel sorry for them.

— Jessica Long

I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.

— Emre Can

Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions.

— Kevin de Leon

“People with disabilities deserve the chance to build a life for themselves in the communities where they choose to live.”

— President Barack Obama

California gets things done when it counts, and nothing counts more than our seniors and people with disabilities.

— Laphonza Butler

We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of…

— Stella Young

There are many, many different kinds of intersectional exclusions - not just black women but other women of color. Not just people…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

I've got the best job in the world; I love it. I get to meet so many interesting people, and I get…

— Stella Young

I think one in five Americans has a disability of some sort. That's 20% of the population, and yet we rarely ever…

— Hong Chau

Believe me, people with disabilities are just as concerned about benefit fraud as anyone else. Money spent on those who are not…

— Stella Young

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from…

— Major Owens

People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and…

— Mary McAleese

With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don't have to be an athlete to do it, and…

— RJ Mitte

I think you have to take the man at his word [Donald Trump]. Is kind of an equal-opportunity insulter. He started by…

— Hillary Clinton

Luckily for me, most of my work is through a brand or client who approaches my agent. Before I began modeling, I…

— Kelly Knox

Katherine Johnson never complained, it just was what it was. She just said, "I just wanted to go to work and do…

— Taraji P. Henson

“Something is wrong. How could sixty-two million people vote for someone they heard on tape bragging about repeated sexual assault? How could…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Despite our founding principles and the many ways our constitution has protected individual liberties, we do, let's admit it, have a long…

— Hillary Clinton

I think a lot of people don't understand the makeup of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program population, of the food stamp population,…

— Tom Vilsack

“How could sixty-two million people vote for someone they heard on tape bragging about repeated sexual assault? How could he attack women,…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I’m an occupational therapist, an obscure profession if there ever was one. We are few and far between, maybe because we have…

— Rachel Thibeault

I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some…

— Chris Burke

The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a…

— Stella Young

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought.

— Stella Young

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

— Stella Young

The significant disparity in work opportunities for people with disabilities is the direct result of government programs and policies that propagate dependency.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and…

— Winston Churchill

Reducing the entanglement of Big Government in order to benefit people with disabilities should be a top priority for the Republican party.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

As young people, we are advocating for and with people with disabilities, to raise the bar of low expectations & maximize the…

— Anonymous

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

— Stella Young

You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like…

— Glenn Hoddle

They told me that the hotels had maybe two rooms set up for people with disabilities, but if they got there too…

— Gregory Hines

Women are the overwhelming majority of the workers providing long-term support to seniors and people with disabilities. As a result, women are…

— Jan Schakowsky

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

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

I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people…

— Zach Anner