479 Quotes About Disability

Losing some faculties is worse than losing your life.

When I was growing up, I thought it would be really cool to work at an astronomical observatory. I accomplished that ambition as an adult and worked at the world’s premier astronomical facilities. Unfortunately, my ambitions created the nightmare of ill health and disability. I now campaign for the closure of known biologically toxic astronomical facilities.

The military is not so much a job, it is more of a pathway to serious injury and permanent disability.

One of the most dangerous things in life is a sickened person that has lost all hope for the future.

You really don't have to subscribe to the life that had been written for you.

As a disabled person, I resent the idea that we, in all forms and severities, should be punished for what is out of our control.

That made love—not grace—the magic ingredient. Then anew thought hit her. Perhaps love was grace. A shiver wentup her spine. What did that make anger? The antithesis ofgrace?

I move my arm through the airLike I am dancing through timeand spaceLike a child discovering my working bodyFor the very first timeI smile and laughGiddy and delightedAt what once escaped my notice for 29 yearsHow wonderful would life beIf we could rediscover itWith each new sunrise?To awaken to ourselvesAnd witnessEvery breathEvery soundEvery sight, feeling, and movementAs the miracle it is?

Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.