Amputees Quote by Aimee Mullins

It's factual to say I am a bilateral-below-the-knee amputee. I think it's subjective opinion as to whether or not I am disabled because of…

— Aimee Mullins

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

— Aimee Mullins

My disability is that I cannot use my legs. My handicap is your negative perception of that disability, and thus of me.

— Rick Hansen

People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle…

— Aimee Mullins

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I…

— Aimee Mullins

I'm very able-bodied. There's not much that I can't do. It takes me a little bit more time. But if you hear 'bilateral amputee,'…

— Brian Mast

I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.

— Natalie du Toit

We all need to say 'disabled' - because guess what? There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a disability. It makes you different. And there's…

— Dylan Alcott

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

— Aimee Mullins

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.

— Jim Abbott

Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are…

— Sinead Burke

I don't feel disabled, and I think everybody makes their own way in life.

— Verne Troyer