“I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell.” PeopleWorldSelfFeltStepsNormalOrdinarySatisfactionFlightBarriersDisabilityOutsidersParticipatingElevatorsNormalityOrdinary WorldBraille Author:Nancy Mairs
“people who seem most hostile to my presence are those most fearful of my fate. And since their fear keeps them emotionally distant from me, they are the ones least likely to learn that my life isn't half so dismal as they assume.” PeopleSeemsHalfFateAssumingFearfulHostile Book:Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled Source: Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled
“Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can't love what we won't experience.” PeopleLooksFacesPoorPovertyOppressionOppressed Book:Ordinary Time: Cycles in Marriage, Faith, and Renewal Source: Ordinary Time: Cycles in Marriage, Faith, and Renewal
