Disability Quotes - Page 2

• Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.

  David Brenner

  Successful, Entrepreneur

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• 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.

  Susan Boyle

  People, Brain, Want

  "The 10 most intriguing people of 2009" by Jay Kernis, www.cnn.com.

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• 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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• If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Hero

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Douglas Adams

  Inspiration, Thinking, Body

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• I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

  Helen Keller

  Gratitude, Adversity, Knowing Who You Are

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• If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light that does not visit my eyes and the music that does not ring in my ears. I should beg night and day and never be satisfied. I should sit apart in awful solitude, a prey to fear and despair. But since I consider it a duty to myself and to others to be happy, I escape a misery worse than any physical deprivation.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Happiness, Encouragement

  Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

  Stephen Hawking

  Anger, People, Always Complaining

  "Return of the time lord". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2005.

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• People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.

  Mary McAleese

  Dream, People, Shining

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• New information and communications technologies can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, but only if such technologies are designed from the beginning so that everyone can use them. Given the explosive growth in the use of the World Wide Web for publishing, electronic commerce, lifelong learning and the delivery of government services, it is vital that the Web be accessible to everyone.

  William J. Clinton

  Communication, Technology, Government

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• It was Jacques Chirac and Schroeder both, who pushed us into a conflict to remove Milosevic.

  Curt Weldon

  Conflict, Remove

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• Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Children, Dad, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Not disabilities at all - more Abilities.

  Patrick Henry Hughes

  Ability

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• Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone

  Donald A. Norman

  Design, Used, Notes

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• The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers.

  Jim Ramstad

  Home, Careers, Purpose

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• We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.

  John Lynch

  Senior, Children, Responsibility

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• Americans believe that people should work hard and get ahead on their own, but when disaster strikes and they need help with retirement or disability, Americans as a whole should come to their aid.

  Jacob Hacker

  Retirement, Believe, Hard Work

  "Online Extra: The Free Market's "Softer Side"". Interview with Lee Walczak, www.bloomberg.com. March 17, 2005.

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• 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.

  Naomi Judd

  Four, Next, Hiv

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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 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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• Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

  Mary Bono

  Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Growing

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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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• 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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• The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

  Ike Skelton

  Goal, Research, Disease

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• So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.

  Robert Sternberg

  Children, Example, Kind

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