People With Disabilities Quotes - Page 2

• Placing one foot in front of the other, I've climbed to higher lengths. Reaching beyond my own limitations, to show my inner strength. No obstacle too hard, for this warrior to overcome. I'm just a man on a mission, to prove my disability hasn't won.

  Robert M. Hensel

  Strength, Adversity, Warrior

  Robert M. Hensel, “Beyond Limitations”

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• Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us

  Jean Vanier

  People, Profound, Lessons

  Jean Vanier (2008). “Becoming Human”, p.45, Paulist Press

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• We, the one's who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person who has, and will continue to bloom. To be seen not only as a handicap, but as a well intact human being.

  Robert M. Hensel

  Needs, Disability, Handicaps

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  A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Autism, Perception, Needs

  "Grand Ideas from Within". Book by Janice M. Mcdermott, Joan Stewart (p. 15), 2005.

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• I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don't.

  William J. Clinton

  Hands, People, Challenges

  Source: www.abilitymagazine.com

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• I make films about people with disabilities as well and I think this question is more relevant in regards to these documentaries where the actual person appears on film. I know these people are proud of who they are and what they are doing with their lives.

  Arthur Bradford

  Thinking, People, Proud

  Source: www.bookbrowse.com

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• I find personally that when I go to a place where I can't get in, I feel hostility from whatever it is, a hotel, a shop, a market, a street corner where there are no curb cuts, because somebody forgot to put them in, and where I have to go two blocks to the corner to do it. A lot of the excuses are, "Well, this is an old building." That's my favorite one. "This is an old building." It's as though 50 years ago, people with disabilities did not exist. As if the disabled are a new problem. It has always been a problem.

  Itzhak Perlman

  Block, Cutting, Years

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I'm just a man on a mission, to prove my disability hasn't won

  Robert M. Hensel

  Men, Disability, Reaching Beyond

  Robert M. Hensel, “Beyond Limitations”

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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.

  Mark Haddon

  Real, Drama, People

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• The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

  Chaka Fattah

  Children, Cutting, People

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• It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

  Major Owens

  Rights, Two, People

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• You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.

  Steve Israel

  Impact, People, Reform

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• They told me that the hotels had maybe two rooms set up for people with disabilities, but if they got there too late, and didn't get one of these rooms, they couldn't take a shower. The room wasn't hooked up for them, or maybe the sink was too high.

  Gregory Hines

  Two, People, Too Late

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• You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative obligation is that producers must take the necessary steps to include opportunities for people with disabilities and a vast majority of them do.

  Richard Masur

  Mean, Opportunity, People

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• A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and our forgotten families.We will not leave anyone behind.

  Warren Mundine

  Government, People, Helping

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• I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities.

  Chris Burke

  Play, People, Television

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• Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

  Chaka Fattah

  People, African American, Benefits

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• There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.

  William H. Macy

  People, Safety, Way

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• I think you have to take the man at his word [Donald Trump]. Is kind of an equal-opportunity insulter. He started by calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. He moved on to denigrating John McCain's heroism during the Vietnam War. He has gone after people with disabilities. He has said Muslims should be kept out of our country. He certainly has gone after individual women in the media, in the political arena.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, War, Opportunity

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• That's software in the States that I helped to develop. It enables people with disabilities to improvise.

  Pauline Oliveros

  People, Disability, States

  Source: artsmania.ca

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• A lot of society tries to put people with disabilities into one cube, and when you think about it, many, many people have different types of disabilities, and you cannot put a code that applies towards everyone - generally, they can be guidelines, but in the long run, interior designers and architects need more education on the subject. That's what's missing.

  Itzhak Perlman

  Running, Thinking, Long

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• My concerts consist of black, white, Korean - everybody. And the age group is so broad, from kids to great-grandparents. I have a lot of people with disabilities who come to my show as well. I personally move them to the front of the line because the lines for my autograph signings are so long. I make sure everybody has a good time at my show.

  Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.

  Moving, Kids, White

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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