Brutal Quote by Laurie Sheck

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

physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment…

— Nancy Mairs

“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

A disability can be anything that you are insecure about, and I teach people that when challenges come your way, you need to face…

— Victoria Arlen

Once you spend time with [the afflicted], you start recognizing them as individuals, as opposed to lumping them in with everybody else who might…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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

Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other…

— Fred Rogers

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…

— Aimee Mullins

When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted.…

— Teri Garr

Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the…

— Robert E. Murray

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so…

— John Flavel

A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what your experience…

— Michael J. Fox