There is something extraordinary about people who have a disability to reach (into themselves) on a daily level that becomes supernatural.
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.
Being unconscious is the ultimate disability.
When everyone else says you can't, determination says,'YES YOU CAN. '
Not disabilities at all - more Abilities.
There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time.
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us.
Know me for my abilities, not my disability.
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.
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.
I know that there'll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't.
I was hitchhiking to Washington to an anti-war demonstration in 1971, and I was in an accident, and that's how I became disabled; that's how I came into disability, in a sense.
It will kill four times as many Americans as AIDS will over the next decade. I feel that what ever kind of disability God has given me, as an entertainer and as a public figure, it is so I can be a representative for others.
I choose not to place "DIS," in my ability.
A troubled life beats having no life at all
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.
