Books Quote by Samantha Keel

The personal stories of disabled people suffering injustice, cruelty and ignorance are heart-breaking.

— Penny Mordaunt

Lots of disabled people don't want to be magically cured, they just want a fair crack at life.

— Alex Brooker

“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their…

— Stella Young

Most disabled people get used to a certain level of abuse.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Everybody has a story and being a disabled person means you have a unique story.

— Liz Carr

The carer of the disabled person is always in the background. People don't want to hear about the sleaze and the nitty-gritty and the…

— Jane Hawking

The thing most disabled people cite when they are seriously or terminally ill is not the pain, not the suffering - it's being a…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

“People with [Chronic Fatigue] who kill themselves are the millenium's favorite type of disabled citizens-- those who will walk quietly among the healthy, then…

— Marta Russell

“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

People always think of the tragedy of going from being non-disabled to disabled. And no one really talks about it going the other way.

— Adam Pearson

“There is something ironic in prejudice against the disabled and their families, because their plight might befall anybody. Straight men are unlikely to wake…

— Andrew Solomon