Beautiful Quote by Oksana Masters

There are plenty of people who have legs who are way more disabled than me.

— Amy Purdy

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

More people need to be proud of their disability instead of shying away from it, because as soon as I became proud of it,…

— Dylan Alcott

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

— Rick Hansen

The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New…

— Terry Fox

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought.

— Stella Young

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

— Bill Toomey

I often say that my disability does a lot of heavy lifting for my awful, awful personality.

— Adam Pearson

I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.

— Oscar Pistorius

There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or…

— Aimee Mullins

There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people…

— Zach Anner

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