If you have a disability, keep working hard.
Don’t say your friend’s retarded when they do something foolish.
I want to tell people not to use the word. “I’ve had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. – Ali Stroker, actress and singer, on winning a Tony Award for her role in Oklahoma!. “This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena - you are.” “When it comes to diversity and with disabilities, we always need to find a way to express who we are in our own ways.” – Lizzie Velásquez activist, author, and YouTuber. I used their negativity to light my fire to keep going, use that, use that, use that negativity that you have in your life to make yourself better, because I guarantee you, guarantee you, you will win. “I used the people who were telling me that I couldn’t do this – to motivate me. There were never any women who were celebrated for their intellect … and all of my magazines were selling me weight loss products or telling me to be thin.’ I was bombarded with a narrative that had no alternative. “I suffered from eating disorders as a teenager and so I know how damaging ‘perfect’ images in magazines can be. – Greta Thunberg, climate change activist. And – given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower. And then you know you’re winning! I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. “When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. – Stella Young, comedian, journalist and activist. No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshelf and radiating a positive attitude is going to turn all those books into braille.” “That quote, ‘the only disability in life is a bad attitude’, the reason that’s bullshit is … No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp. “My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible.” And I’ll be a monkey’s disabled uncle if I’m going to apologise for that.” “I do not identify as a person with a disability. – Sinead Burke, writer, academic, activist and broadcaster. But disabled lives are multi-faceted – brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit.” “Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. I do see people with disabilities and diversities, and I think that’s what we need to show as beautiful and true, even with what people consider imperfections.” I don’t know what world you live in, but I don’t see girls like that on the streets too often. “A lot of people think that perfection is a six foot tall, hundred-pound (1.8-metre, 45-kilogram) model girl.
It gives you something that someone without that will never learn.” “Even though you have a disability, that does not make you disabled. They try to lock it away because they think disability is not sexy, disability is not flattering… but that’s not the case.” “So many people try to hide their disability.
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