Top 1200 People With Disabilities Quotes & Sayings

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers.

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative obligation is that producers must take the necessary steps to include opportunities for people with disabilities and a vast majority of them do.

People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment.

When you think about the Americans with Disabilities Act and what it takes for employers sometimes to accommodate a person with disabilities, when we talk about reasonable accommodations - it's doable, but the payoff isn't always obvious right away.

There's a wide variety of diversity, with people that have disabilities from R.J. Mitte in 'Breaking Bad' to Danny Woodburn being a little man.

Reducing the entanglement of Big Government in order to benefit people with disabilities should be a top priority for the Republican party.

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought.

Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.

I make films about people with disabilities as well and I think this question is more relevant in regards to these documentaries where the actual person appears on film. I know these people are proud of who they are and what they are doing with their lives.

I've always found people with physical disabilities interesting to watch: how the dynamics of their body work, what makes them move this way or that.

The significant disparity in work opportunities for people with disabilities is the direct result of government programs and policies that propagate dependency.

Trump's campaign is not a collection of ignorant statements. It is a candidacy of hate and fear that poses serious risks to people of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ people.

We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of the 'right' reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.

Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.

Big, expensive government is not the answer for people without disabilities, nor is it for those with.

I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.

Senator [Sam] Brownback talked about those with disabilities that are destroyed in the womb because of a genetic test that is sometimes wrong. I would put forward that we all have disabilities.

A lot of society tries to put people with disabilities into one cube, and when you think about it, many, many people have different types of disabilities, and you cannot put a code that applies to towards everyone - generally, they can be guidelines, but in the long run, interior designers and architects need more education on the subject.

We find that other employees are very enthusiastic about their fellow crew members who have disabilities-or what they previously thought of as disabilities.

Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do.

Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.

Don’t call us people with disabilities… we have DIFFabilities!

Sometimes people look at people with disabilities and there's a moment where they just feel sorry for them.

I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Certain people are more likely to use drugs because of whatever it is: They've suffered some trauma in their life. They have risk factors like mental illness, people with learning disabilities, with attention problems.

I know that there'll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.

Often, films about people with disabilities are from the outside looking in.

Accessible design is good design - it benefits people who don't have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all about removing barriers and providing the benefits of technology for everyone.

Autistic people's disabilities are widely known, but one of their best-established strengths is their attention to detail.

A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and our forgotten families.We will not leave anyone behind.

I've got the best job in the world; I love it. I get to meet so many interesting people, and I get to make sure that other people with disabilities can tell their own stories as well.

There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies.

There are far too many people in prison with poorly understood disability, particularly cognitive and mental disabilities. We cannot tolerate a system that just processes people rather than a system that fairly administers justice.

There are many, many different kinds of intersectional exclusions - not just black women but other women of color. Not just people of color, but people with disabilities. Immigrants. LGBTQ people. Indigenous people.

People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'

The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.

I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me to advise him on things that are important to people with disabilities!

A lot of society tries to put people with disabilities into one cube, and when you think about it, many, many people have different types of disabilities, and you cannot put a code that applies towards everyone - generally, they can be guidelines, but in the long run, interior designers and architects need more education on the subject. That's what's missing.

That's software in the States that I helped to develop. It enables people with disabilities to improvise.

The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us.

Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn’t fit this description.

I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.

I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don't.

I thought this should be a travel show, because a lot of people with physical disabilities get discouraged.

People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.

A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities.

The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities are Americans first and that they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as everybody else.

Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description.