Bridges Quote by Alasdair Gray

When I was a kid there weren't a lot of disabled people on television, so I grew up thinking there was no one else…

— Alex Brooker

There are people out there with disabilities doing amazing things but unfortunately they don't get the chance to show off - they don't get…

— Dylan Alcott

Most disabled people get used to a certain level of abuse.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that…

— Karen Duffy

There are those who suffer and grow strong; there are those who suffer and grow weak. This mystery of pain is still for me…

— Silas Weir Mitchell

I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the…

— John Hodgman

We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we…

— Stella Young

Of course there are people who, either because of sickness or disability, can't work, in the short term, and sometimes throughout their lives. That's…

— Rachel Reeves

When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every…

— Jay Ruderman

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

— Hong Chau

When I auditioned to be a reporter for Channel 4's Paralympic coverage I was wary because there weren't any disabled people on TV, and…

— Alex Brooker

Personally, from my own point of view, I feel a lot more comfortable about my disability, having done television, than I ever have before.

— Alex Brooker