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Disability Quotes

'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think 'The Simpsons' have treated my disability responsibly.

Stephen Hawking

Great Fun Think Disability Seriously

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

Medical Disability Disaster Ultimate

I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than medical approach to disability, and so long Latin names for congenital conditions are not relevant.

Medical Long Person Disability Talk

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

Growing Disability Nation Autism Our

I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.

People Me Brain Want Disability Way

We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level.

Security Wrong Want Disability Check

Before taking up dressage, I'd distanced myself from the Paralympics because I hadn't wanted to be defined by my disability. Then when I grew up and got an office job, things started to change. I'm actually allergic to horses, but I'm even more allergic to paperwork!

Change Myself Job Disability Office

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

Me Disability Human Advocate Issues

I always say deafness is a silent disability: you can't see, and it's not life-threatening, so it has to touch your life in some way in order for it to be on your radar.

Life You Say Silent Disability Way

I like to discuss my condition publicly because if I, with this disability, am able to fulfill some of my ambitions, so can other diabetics.

Disability Because Able Like Some

I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.

Stephen Hawking

Work Me Research Disability Boring

For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

Best Experience Me Disability Social

Looking at how things might be under Trump is scary, particularly when a pinnacle moment in his campaign saw him mocking and belittling a reporter with a disability.

Moment Looking Disability Him Scary

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

Martina Navratilova

Perception Someone You Disability

Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.

Health Impact Well-Being Disability

Despite the fact that important measures such as the Americans with Disabilities Act passed only with crucial Republican support, the public - and the community of disability advocates - normally identifies this issue with the Democratic party.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Community Support Party Disability

For me, Paralympic sport isn't about being the best human being. It's about being the best human being with that particular level of disability.

Best Me Being The Best Disability

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.

People Me Speak You Know Disability

I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

Oscar Pistorius

People Strong Disability Sense About

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

Environment Disability Because Use

I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.

Myself Think Disability Old Used

In addition to pain, disability, and disfigurement, lymphatic filariasis carries a heavy social cost. Those disfigured by the disease are often shunned. Women are often rejected by their families. Both men and women can have difficulty finding jobs.

Women Men Pain Finding Disability

Disability, in general, hasn't been included in the conversation about inclusivity.

Jason Winston George

Conversation Disability Been General

Whether it's veterans' disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley.

Sean Patrick Maloney

I Am Safety Disability Focused Being

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