Ableism Quote by Penny Pepper

“The disabled man heralded in rehabilitation propaganda literature was the “supercrip,” a man who, against all odds, surmounted his physical deficits and achieved spectacular…

— Beth Linker

…What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where…

— Joey Reiman

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

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

— Oscar Pistorius

Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability are the…

— Dylan Alcott

“There are two kinds of 'disabled' persons: Those who dwell on what they have lost and those who concentrate on what they have left.”

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

“Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I don't think you can only have people with disability talking about the Paralympics. Clare Balding didn't need to be disabled to cover it.

— Josh Widdicombe

As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us.

— Robert M. Hensel

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

“We were stereotyped the way many athletes with disabilities or illnesses are, particularly in participatory sports such as biking, running, and triathlon. After a…

— Phil Southerland

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth that disabled…

— Stella Young