Disabled Children Quotes

• Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, Brilliant, Exciting

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.117, Pan Macmillan

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• For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child.

  Aimee Mullins

  Children, Growing Up, Community

  "'You just don't look disabled'". Interview with Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I was a disabled child. So, people made fun of me, don't pretend like this never happens. But at the same time, I never cried about it. I never got sad about it.

  Brad Williams

  Children, Fun, People

  "Interview with comedian Brad Williams". Interview with Michelle Tompkins, thecelebritycafe.com. September 1, 2016.

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• Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.

  Emily Oster

  Children, Miscarriage, Decision

  "'Expecting Better' pregnancy advice" by Emily Oster, www.cnn.com. August 28, 2013.

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• I don't think child care is ever going to be much of a federal effort. Just like education. Six or 7 percent - that's all I want from the government. Pay that piece of it for poor or developmentally disabled children.

  Edward Zigler

  Children, Thinking, Government

  "The Progressive Interview: Edward Zigler". Interview with Ruth Conniff, December 17, 2010.

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• [Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir] - when the House and the Senate, back in 1984, were debating a bill that would - at least delay and maybe stop some of the ex - summary execution of disabled children - infants. And the Down syndrome kids and other kids had been, in some cases, routinely let die, to use the euphemism.

  Nat Hentoff

  Children, Book, Kids

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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