People Quote by Tanni Grey-Thompson Download Open image “Disabled people are not homogenous.” — Tanni Grey-Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disabled People People
I really think there's a difference between people born disabled and people who become disabled. — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different. — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
We all need to say 'disabled' - because guess what? There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a disability. It makes you different. And there's… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Disabled people all get lumped together under the umbrella term of disability, but of course we're all different. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People categorise people as being disabled, and it's basically whatever you put your mind to, you can do, and everybody that has limitations, they… — Verne Troyer Copy Share Image
“I am physically disabled, but they are culturally and socially disabled'.” — Bbcstories Copy Share Image
Disabled people are often some of the most resilient, creative and determined people you will ever likely meet. — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Disabled people are deliberately ignored because disabled people need more care and more money. — Rosie Jones Copy Share Image
Disabled people are much less likely to be in work, not because they don't want to, but because there are many challenges in getting… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
People come up to me and say 'I wouldn't want to live if I was like you.' And I say 'Actually, my life's pretty… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Every disabled person's experience is different. As a wheelchair user I can experience something different from someone who is visually impaired. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm too much of a coward for plastic surgery, but if I could wave a magic wand and change something, it would be my… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Twenty years in sport has given me a broad perspective on life, bringing me into contact with a variety of social issues, and with… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
I remember trying to go to the cinema with my friends, so I must have been nine or 10, and being told I could… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we need to redefine our idea of role models; they're not always elite athletes whose success might seem too distant or unachievable. Sometimes… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Wheelchairs get lost or damaged during transit because some staff don't always understand how important the equipment is, or the cost of it. And… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
I have seen first hand the vital role that the physical activity sector - with its widespread workforce of coaches, youth workers, activity professionals,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Despite hanging up my racing wheels over a decade ago, I still get a buzz when we enter an Olympic and Paralympic year. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
