“I always say separate your abilities from your disabilities. You know, if I could play the violin, I don't have to play it standing up. I can play it sitting down and so on.” IfsKnowsI CanPlayAbilitySittingStandingDown AndIf I CouldDisabilityViolinSitting Down Author:Itzhak Perlman
“For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.” PeopleWayKindLightDifficultAbilityInterestingSituationDisabilityDifficult SituationsExtremityPeople With Disabilities Author:Mark Haddon
“America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.” AmericaAbilityGreatnessDependsCitizensEnormousDisabilityReservoirs Author:William J. Clinton
“I see blindness more as an ability and sight more as a disability because there are some people with sight who tend to judge others by what they see on the outside but I don't see that. I don't see the skin color, the hair style or the clothing people wear; I only see that which is within a person.” PeoplePersonsAbilityStyleColorJudgingHairSkinsSightDisabilityClothingsBlindnessSkin Color Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“All abilities are paid for with disabilities. perfect health may entail the heavy toll of bovine stupidity. insight into one area involves blind spots in another.” MayDonePainVoiceAbilityPerfectHonestyAreasPaidBlindHeavyInsightStupiditySpotsLoudDisabilityCriedMathematicianGiftedPhysicistTollsBlind SpotsLoud VoicesBovine Author:William S. Burroughs