- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disability Quotes
Lines on myths, sport, fiction, and honest representation.
These quotes address disability from several angles: the social myths and fears Congress has acknowledged as handicapping in their own right, the growth of disability sport, and the lack of disability representation in teen fiction. See Disabled quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Genuine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
- Nov 07, 2020
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Physical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've fought physical disability and was cured because of naturopathy and yoga.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who a person is.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.
- Nov 07, 2020
Disability is as visual as race. If a wheelchair user can't play Beyonce, then Beyonce can't play a wheelchair user.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.
- Food Stamps
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- Nov 07, 2020