Disabilities Quotes: top 61 famous quotes about Disabilities

Disabilities Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Disabilities quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

In evaluating ourselves, we tend to be long on our weaknesses and short on our strengths. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S. — Stella Young

Social justice is for everyone, including people with disabilities. — Marlee Matlin

You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that. — Dannel Malloy

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church. — Joni Eareckson Tada

People with developmental disabilities and mental illness are only handicapped by how much we underestimate them. — Donna Kirk

People with disabilities are still whole. They're just whole differently. — Leta Blake

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud. — Stella Young

most important characteristics of exceptional learners are their abilities, not their disabilities. — Daniel P. Hallahan

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives. — Anne Ford

If I don't try to move, I don't have to find out what parts don't work. Lauren Crowder to Alan Gregory — Stephen White

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. — Clay Aiken

I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities. — Roger Goodell

Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities — Erik Weihenmayer

Disabilities are not inspiration, they are messages that need to be addressed. — Marc David O'Brien

The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us. — Stella Young

When the one is sacrificed, the many are also deprived! — John Barone

Know your own child's behaviors and look deeper to find their meaning. Be the expert for your child. Discover the wonderful. — Liz Becker

Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory. — Ray Charles

Getting older comes with abilities. Being old comes with disabilities. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

She kisses the shit out of me and I didn't care what I looked like after that. — Jackie Williams

Pectoral implants? My God! The man's had a boob job! — Jackie Williams

People with disabilities not only need to be given lives, they need to be given lives worth living. (paraphrased, not a direct quote)) — Helen Keller

People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment. — Maysoon Zayid

I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities,and right away they loved them and decided to fight for them.
That isn't my story. — Gillian Marchenko

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities. — Lauren Potter

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. — Stella Young

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering. — Kevin Sorbo

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

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part. — Judy Woodruff

poverty and powerlessness are cornerstones of the dependency people with disabilities experience. — James I. Charlton

The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences. — Tanya Masse

It's not our disabilities, it's our abilities that count. — Chris Burke

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. — Laura Linney

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries. — Stephen Hawking

There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies. — Andy Behrman

If you have a Disability, don't let people
Dis your Ability. — Jeff

If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am. — Temple Grandin

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

Know me for my abilities, not my disability. — Robert M. Hensel

You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have. — Oscar Pistorius

People with disabilities are sometimes very humble and approachable, if you want a seasoned reputation, then behave like one of the handicaps. — Michael Bassey Johnson

People with disabilities deserve the chance to build a life for themselves in the communities where they choose to live. — Barack Obama

Not disabilities at all - more Abilities. — Patrick Henry Hughes

When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities. — Bill Shorten

Online learning can be a lifeline to those who have obstacles, such as geographical distances or physical disabilities. — Paul Levinson

People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do. — Karni Liddell

When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul. — B.K.S. Iyengar

We all have disabilities. Just some are more visible than others. We all have challenges, we all have obstacles — Amy Purdy

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

The message I'll share ... is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities. — Clay Aiken

Don't call us people with disabilities ... we have DIFFabilities! — Edward Barbanell

There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time. — Danica McKellar

I dont believe in disabilities, I believe in ability. — Bill Austin

The worst thing you can do is nothing. (re: teaching children with autism) — Temple Grandin

When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other skills. — Willard Wigan

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

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought. — Stella Young

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of — Morgan Freeman

Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful. — David Brenner