Quotes by Disability We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs, crutches, grabber sticks, hearing aids, canes, guide dogs, modified vehicles, ramps, as well as other kinds of services and supports. Disability does not necessarily mean dependence on other people. Stella Young aids disability people world It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity. Stella Young disability odds believe culture The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you. Stella Young adapt you living disability I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if I'm going to apologise for that. Stella Young monkey uncle person disability I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses. Stella Young live disability society people People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable. Stella Young about disability uncomfortable people Looking at how things might be under Trump is scary, particularly when a pinnacle moment in his campaign saw him mocking and belittling a reporter with a disability. Sinead Burke looking things moment disability It doesn't feel like anything I have is a disability because I can do anything I put my mind to. Shaquem Griffin feel disability i-can mind When you have a disability, people think you are weak. They think they can prey on you. RJ Mitte think you disability people Infectious diseases have become less prominent as causes of death and disability in regions of improved sanitation and adequate supplies of antibiotics. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow become antibiotics disability death I wanted to create characters who could do fantastic things but who weren't exactly superheros - characters who exist on sort of a spectrum from super-ability to disability. Ransom Riggs create who things disability What is the difference between an actress over 50 and an actress with a disability? Nothing. They both can't find work. Teri Garr find nothing disability work Once you're retired and are no longer counting on earned income to live on and supplement your nest egg, you're done with disability insurance. At that point, though, the need for long-term care insurance - which protects you from spending that nest egg too fast - takes over. Jean Chatzky live you disability care Disability, in general, hasn't been included in the conversation about inclusivity. Jason Winston George general about disability conversation Most powerful is when you see a person on camera with a disability, and it's not the point of the story. That's happening more and more. Not enough, let's be clear, but it's happening more. Jason Winston George camera story you disability We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level. James Lankford wrong disability security single I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical. Jackie Walorski daily wait end disability Paralympics has always had to push the media into it being about sport and not focusing on the disability. Lee Pearson push always disability media Before taking up dressage, I'd distanced myself from the Paralympics because I hadn't wanted to be defined by my disability. Then when I grew up and got an office job, things started to change. I'm actually allergic to horses, but I'm even more allergic to paperwork! Lee Pearson job myself disability change The eligibility for food stamps has widened and widened; welfare has been widened - unemployment insurance and disability insurance. These are all incentives not to work. Lawrence Kudlow disability unemployment work food «12345678»