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
Tag: Disability
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
Disability Quote
They say that life is a journey, not a destination – disability just makes my journey more interesting. ~Theresa, mom of two children with special needs.
Inclusion Quote
A disability doesn’t have to be a social barrier. Good etiquette begins with inclusion, not exclusion. ~Robert M. Hensel
Rare Disease Quote
I’ve had people think that changing my food and/or diet will completely “cure” my rare disease, which is not the case.~Jenn S.
Disability Quote
When you hear the word “disabled”, people immediately think about people who can’t walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the realContinue reading
Stephen Hawking Quote
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interfered with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.~StephenContinue reading
Do Not Judge Me Quote
People that don’t have to live day-to-day with multiple, rare, chronic and degenerative diseases like I do don’t understand that it’s a full-time job, even though I am unable to work. It’s a constant battleContinue reading
Special Need Caregiver
Our society thinks it takes a special kind of person to care for someone with a rare disease or disability. Nope. It just takes a kind of person who displays basic human qualities and hasContinue reading
