479 Quotes About Disability

Remission is not a cure. It’s an adjective of disability.

The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the world.

Disability is not an inability, nor is it an ability to be lazy but an ability to do something.

The reality that the (intellectually disabled) person is a version of myself is one from which so much can be learned and gained, and yet, it is a reality which most people deny and try to escape from.

I dont believe in disabilities, I believe in ability.

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.

Its not our disabilities, its our abilities that count.

Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.

Too often people look at the disability only and are quick to diagnose someone or try and figure out what is 'wrong' with them, when they should be treating them as people and looking at what they can do. The men on this trip gain a better understanding of people with disabilities: they grow as people, they learn that service to others is the most important thing that one can do in their lifetime and they also have the sense of accomplishment with their 4,000 miles of cycling.