43 Quotes About Disabilities
- Author Ray Charles
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Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory.
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- Author Steven Magee
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This is how corporate government disability works for many sickened people: Year 1. Application = benefits denied; Year 2. Appeal = benefits denied; Year 3. Appeal to judge = benefits denied and the corrupt corporate government wishes you the best of luck with your disabilities and future life of extreme poverty.
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- Author Matthew Kenslow
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I never allowed my Autism/Asperger's to have the prerogative to neither tear nor slow me down. I earned a degree in chemistry, juggle for elementary schools, play piano for seniors on Sunday mornings, and been mentoring children/teens from K-12 at Royal Rangers almost every week for six years and counting.
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- Author Simran Jeet Singh
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Doctors couldn't figure out why I had trouble walking as a child, nor could they figure out why I was able to begin walking and, eventually, running. I think of it as a reminder that all of our bodies are different - - and so are our experiences with disabilities. -- Fauja Singh
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- Author BH Mckechnie
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As that appalling ableist Paul Steinberg said in the nineteen thirties, ‘A city cannot operate to its full potential if it has to cater for a number of defective individuals'.
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- Author Comic Strip Mama
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The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences.
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- Author Robert M. Hensel
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It takes an open minded individual to look beyond a disability, and see, that ability has so much more to offer,than the limitations society tries to place upon them.
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- Author Guylaine Lanctot
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Immunization is total nonsense! More than that is what's hidden from people about vaccines. They are dangerous. One child out of five has overwhelming disabilities from vaccines -- neurological problems, seizures.
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- Author Barbara Kingsolver
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The arrogance of the able-bodied is staggering. Yes, maybe we'd like to be able to get places quickly, and carry things in both hands, but only because we have to keep up with the rest of you. We would rather be just like us, and have that be all right.
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