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“How disappointing that we live in a society where a child is either completely 'normal' --as in, they can fit into this oddly designed box that no one in particular created but that society has deemed to be the only way--or there's something entirely, utterly, absolutely wrong with them.”

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Book:Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

Source: Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

“Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.”

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Author:Emily Oster

“I don't think child care is ever going to be much of a federal effort. Just like education. Six or 7 percent - that's all I want from the government. Pay that piece of it for poor or developmentally disabled children.”

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Author:Edward Zigler

“I was a disabled child. So, people made fun of me, don't pretend like this never happens. But at the same time, I never cried about it. I never got sad about it.”

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Author:Brad Williams

“[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir] - when the House and the Senate, back in 1984, were debating a bill that would - at least delay and maybe stop some of the ex - summary execution of disabled children - infants. And the Down syndrome kids and other kids had been, in some cases, routinely let die, to use the euphemism.”

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Author:Nat Hentoff

“For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child.”

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Author:Aimee Mullins

“Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.”

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Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations