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"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."
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"Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled."
"I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad."
"A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand."
"But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness."
"It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid."
"Whenever we come across 'Viklang' person, our attention goes towards their disability but we do not notice the immense capabilities and strength they have to accomplish a task. And, that is why I urge everyone to use the word 'Divyang' instead of 'Viklang'."
"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."
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"In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down."
"When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change."
"As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope."
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