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Disability Quotes

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"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."
Annette Funicello
"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."
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"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."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"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."
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"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'."
Narendra Modi
"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'."
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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."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled."
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"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."
Susan Hampshire
"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."
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"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."
Andrew Greeley
"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."
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"But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness."
John Green
"But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness."
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