Archetype Quote by Stephen Hawking

What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled.

— Rachel Gibson

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

— Elbert Hubbard

There is such a thing as genius, and these are people who do not have a formal disability, DSM-IV-type. They may have liberal eccentricities…

— Darold Treffert

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

— Stephen Hawking

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

One of my favorite sketches, and a popular comedy formula, is to put someone with a mental handicap in some kind of unlikely situation.…

— Bonnie McFarlane

“I am physically disabled, but they are culturally and socially disabled'.”

— Bbcstories

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

— Rick Hansen

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a…

— Jacques Barzun

I think disability is the last bastion of political correctness, and people need to see that disabled people are funny. You know, our lives…

— Liz Carr

“all abilities are paid for with disabilities. perfect health may entail the heavy toll of bovine stupidity. insight into one area involves blind spots…

— William S. Burroughs

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

— Aimee Mullins