Disability Quote by Erik Weihenmayer Download Open image “Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”” — Erik Weihenmayer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disability Expectations Low expectations Lows
I think there are low expectations of people with disabilities - sometimes you'll come down a set of steps into a taxi and people… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
People with disabilities ROCK! Each are different ... expect it, respect it, and accept it! — Sarah Moores 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
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 Copy Share Image
People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
We all have disabilities. Just some are more visible than others. We all have challenges, we all have obstacles — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
Disabled people are deliberately ignored because disabled people need more care and more money. — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else. — Madeline Stuart Copy Share Image
It's important that people can be themselves and live a normal life that's not defined by a disability. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
We, the one's who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person who has, and… — Robert M. Hensel Copy Share Image
I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
What a thrill to be able to say that you had a contribution in the life of someone - a young person, perhaps, who… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
The key is to really have tremendously high expectations and to teach kids how to be self sufficient and confident and give them the… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
Maybe people, maybe the world writes things off as impossible a little too quickly, when they really aren't - when they just haven't reached… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
When I went blind at 13, I realized that I wasn't going to be a good baseball or basketball player like I enjoyed before.… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
There is a very blurry line between the things we can't do and the things that we can. — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources. — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward. — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
You can't have self confidence without some real skills that enable you to be successful. — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for understanding the conditions and problems that most concern me - anti-colonial theories, Foucault, critical disability studies, prison studies and the like are rarely seen in standard US Law School curricula, where students are still fighting on many campuses… — Dean Spade Copy Share
“Every EDS patient knows that one of the hardest parts of our day is the moment we open our eyes and waken into the… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
“He took the teapot and poured two cups. She was grateful. And also frustrated. Not being able to walk was annoying, and that emotion people seemed to understand. But few understood the sense of embarrassment she felt—despite knowing she shouldn’t—at being a burden. While she appreciated the concern people showed for her, she worked so hard to be able to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share
We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Woman has so long been subject to the disabilities and restrictions with which her progress has been embarrassed that she has become enervated, her… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities. — Lauren Potter Copy Share Image
Not really what you can do, others can either. Not really what you can't do, neither can others. — Voeun Tivea Copy Share Image
“When you focus on someone's disability you'll overlook their abilities, beauty and uniqueness. Once you learn to accept and love them for who they… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
“If you have never did a mistake, then death is impossibe, but then, death is a possible mistake.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
