Disability Quotes

304 Disability quotes by 216 unique authors

I was diagnosed with a severe temporal spatial deficit, a learning disability that means I have zero spatial relations skills. It was official: I was… — Sloane Crosley
There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the… — Jim Davis
The world worries about disability more than disabled people do. — Warwick Davis
It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled… — Dick Durbin
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain… — Christopher Eccleston
For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people. — Mark Haddon
A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos… — Mark Haddon
The only disability in life is a bad attitude. — Scott Hamilton
It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your… — Susan Hampshire
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a… — Stephen Hawking
It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind… — Patricia Heaton
The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be… — Helen Keller
We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But… — John Lynch
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. — Marlee Matlin
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 don't… — Aimee Mullins
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 with… — Aimee Mullins
For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was… — Aimee Mullins
I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. — Aimee Mullins
I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' And I'm certain we all have one, because I… — Aimee Mullins
When I watch 'Mad Men' and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now, I… — Aimee Mullins

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