I am disabled but I’m not my disability. Disability is just a little piece of me but it is not my whole personality. ~Jenni Johanna Toivonen
Tag: Disability
Invalid Quote
Side Note: Invalid. Whoever invented that word, and made it the same word as not-valid? That person sucked. ~Maria Dahvana Headley
Disability Judging Quote
Don’t judge my son By what you see You’d see his soul If you looked closely. ~Steph Quayle
Chronic Illness Quote
I would much rather be healthy and working instead of at home and in pain. I barely have a life outside of my chronic illness. It isn’t easy, and it isn’t fun and beingContinue reading
Caregiving Families Quote
Caregiving families (families in which one member has a disability) have median incomes that are more than 15% lower than non-caregiving families. In every state the poverty rate is higher among families with a memberContinue reading
Disability Quote
Disabled people are different looking, but not different feeling. We want all that anyone wants. We want to be self-sufficient. I am normal-feeling and I want to compete. ~Mike Kinter
Disabled Treatment Quote
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.~Chen Guangcheng
Disability Quote
Disability is one of the greatest bridges to inclusivity. Disability knows no boundaries between race, culture, religion, gender or economic status.~Rick Hansen
Disability Quote
We, the ones who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person who has, and will continue to bloom. To be seen not only as aContinue reading
Special Need Parenting Quote
When you have a child with a disability, the grief process is ongoing; it’s never fully resolved because the disability is always there and you have to deal with it everyday.~Kate Divine McAnaney
Examining Disease Quote
In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.~Oliver W. Sacks
Special Need Parents Quote
I have established lifelong friendships that mean the world to me. I feel I have a bond with a group of people who are special and make me feel as though I’m part of somethingContinue reading
Sam Bosworth Quote
Literally anyone can become disabled. Fully active people. Young people. Older people. It could happen to you. So next time you ignore disability/accessibility issues remember it could just as easily effect you one day.~Sam Bosworth
Disability Quote
The happiest mothers are those who have made the journey through all kinds of emotions to a place where they accept the disability and embrace the life experiences it will bring them and their family.Continue reading
Peter Rosenberger Quote
Don’t feel the need to correct people who consider themselves “instant experts” on the suffering your loved one endures. They don’t know better; it’s their problem not yours.~Peter Rosenberger