479 Quotes About Disability

I calculate the breadth of Steven's shoulders, now wider than mine;watch him tear open the Blokus game he likes to play with me after school;count the hours between now and Dad coming home to take overand I am only a little afraidof the night.

soft. Her hand was so soft, like cat fur, like bird feathers, like...everything soft he could think of. Her thumb caressing the corner of his mouth and her lips when they first touched his were tentative.

It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you.

Not being able to talk sucks. There's no doubt about that. There's a lot of times when I almost feel like I'm trapped inside of myself. Like if I don't talk or yell or scream or laugh I'm going to explode. A lot of the time it almost feels like I'm suffocating.

Worry is yet another side effect of dying.

Don't grab people. Would you like it if I grabbed you? If you would like to offer assistance, ask if the person needs it.

Skateboarding isn't a phase it's a way of life ~ Rehabiliskate

I am disabled but I'm not my disability. Disability is just a little piece of me but it is not my whole personality.

diversity doesn't look like anyone. it looks like everyone.