Access Quote by Stella Young

I was hitchhiking to Washington to an anti-war demonstration in 1971, and I was in an accident, and that's how I became disabled; that's…

— Simi Linton

“Disabled people needed an inordinate amount of time to accomplish the same daily living tasks as able-bodied people-it was one of the things that…

— Kathryn Shay

One thing I struggled with the most was my brother started playing football, AFL and I remember I went down and wanted to get…

— Dylan Alcott

I just think there was a time when the good thing about being disabled was you got out of stuff.

— Alex Brooker

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

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at…

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

In America access is always about architecture and never about human beings. Among Israelis and Palestinians, access was rarely about anything but people. While…

— John Hockenberry

I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were…

— Todd Haynes

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

— Marlee Matlin

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

— Stella Young

“I wanted to share the realities of living with a disability since birth. My book is my attempt to promote increased inclusion and greater…

— Stephanie Torreno

I stand not just for a disability, but I stand for women and women's rights.

— Lauren Wasser