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Disabled People Quotes

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard Picture Quote #1

As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration Picture Quote #1

Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing? Picture Quote #1

It boggles my mind that the same people who cry ‘foul’ about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them Picture Quote #1

I use the term ‘disabled people’ quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what’s called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses Picture Quote #1

And for a very special group of people, we’ve provided their only job. I’m speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don’t want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one Picture Quote #1

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I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia’s 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I’ve spent a fair chunk of my time doing Picture Quote #1

Social Security is based on a principle. It’s based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat Picture Quote #1

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically Picture Quote #1

The disabled people that do sport, they don’t think about what they don’t have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me Picture Quote #1

For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We’re not real people. We are there to inspire Picture Quote #1

As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion Picture Quote #1

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Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people Picture Quote #1

If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes Picture Quote #1

The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people Picture Quote #1

Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens Picture Quote #1

When you hear the word ‘disabled,’ people immediately think about people who can’t walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can’t find joy in life and are bitter Picture Quote #1

The world worries about disability more than disabled people do Picture Quote #1

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Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure Picture Quote #1

We think we know what it’s all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don’t expect to see disabled people in our daily lives Picture Quote #1

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically Picture Quote #1

We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning Picture Quote #1

You can take them in a wheelchair and put them in a pool, so they can move their arms and legs. In a pool disabled people can do things that they can’t normally do otherwise Picture Quote #1

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My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard (Disabled People Quotes) As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration. (Disabled People Quotes) Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing? (Disabled People Quotes) It boggles my mind that the same people who cry ‘foul’ about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them. (Disabled People Quotes) I use the term ‘disabled people’ quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what’s called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses. (Disabled People Quotes) And for a very special group of people, we’ve provided their only job. I’m speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don’t want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one. (Disabled People Quotes) I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia’s 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I’ve spent a fair chunk of my time doing. (Disabled People Quotes) Social Security is based on a principle. It’s based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat. (Disabled People Quotes) My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically. (Disabled People Quotes) The disabled people that do sport, they don’t think about what they don’t have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me. (Disabled People Quotes) For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We’re not real people. We are there to inspire. (Disabled People Quotes) As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion. (Disabled People Quotes) Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people. (Disabled People Quotes) If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes. (Disabled People Quotes) The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people (Disabled People Quotes) Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens (Disabled People Quotes) When you hear the word ‘disabled,’ people immediately think about people who can’t walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can’t find joy in life and are bitter (Disabled People Quotes) The world worries about disability more than disabled people do (Disabled People Quotes) Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure (Disabled People Quotes) We think we know what it’s all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don’t expect to see disabled people in our daily lives (Disabled People Quotes) My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically (Disabled People Quotes) We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning (Disabled People Quotes) You can take them in a wheelchair and put them in a pool, so they can move their arms and legs. In a pool disabled people can do things that they can’t normally do otherwise (Disabled People Quotes)