“physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment of a chronic incurable degenerative disease.” TalkingWalkingDiseaseIllnessInstanceDisabilityEmbodiment Book:Carnal Acts: Essays Source: Carnal Acts: Essays
“A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what your experience is and their fear about it, and not seeing the experience you're having. There's nothing horrifying about it to me. It is what I deal with. It is my reality and my life, but it's not horrible.” PeopleRealityDealsSeeingDiseaseHorribleDisabilityProjectionParkinsonParkinson's Author:Michael J. Fox
“It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.” KindHardEnoughKidsHealthyDiseaseNormalRaisesAddParentingBurdenParenthoodDisability Author:Patricia Heaton
“We start with an economic approach. We look at what are the greatest causes of death in the developing world, and what causes the largest amount of disability, which would prevent you from getting a job. A lot of those deaths start with diseases, diseases we don't get in such a great number in the United States.” WorldLooksStatesJobsCausesUnitedNumbersUnited StatesEconomicAmountDiseaseApproachDevelopingDisability Author:Melinda Gates
“On the other hand, there are plenty of red flags that link developmental disabilities to things like lead and mercury and pesticides and air pollution and certain kinds of unhealthy foods, and that's what's begging for a comprehensive and definitive study. We should have a long-term prospectus study that looks at all, you know, exposures, medications, life habits, etc., pollution, and traces people over a period of many years, starting with when - starting with their parents, from when they are healthy. This is how we learned what causes heart disease.” PeopleKnowsShouldYearsLooksHeartKindLongHandsCertainCausesParentTermStudyAirHabitPeriodsHealthyDiseaseRedShould HaveStartingPlentyLong TermEtcLinksDisabilityFlagsPollutionExposureComprehensiveBeggingUnhealthyMedicationMercuryHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodDevelopmentalPesticidesRed FlagsAir PollutionUnhealthy FoodDevelopmental Disabilities Author:Jill Stein
“Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some conditions that are superimposed and grafted on to some underlying disability. So savant syndrome is not a disease or disorder in and of itself. It is a collection of characteristics, or symptoms, or behaviors that have grafted on to the underlying disability.” WayConditionsDiseaseBehaviorCharacteristicsCollectionsDisorderDisabilityAutismSymptomsSyndromesDementiaSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.” DiseaseFlowCongressMythLimitationAcknowledgeDisabilityAggravationHandicaps Author:William J. Brennan
“When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.” InspirationalNeedsMindMotivationalHealthyDiseaseSuicideLegsWell BeingEmpoweringDisabilitySuicidal Thoughts Author:Amy Purdy
“People with the boat bug are never happier than when they are poking around marinas, fantasizing about owning other people's boats. It's a disease that costs more to cure than any other single common learning disability.” PeopleCommonSeaCostDiseaseCuresBoatDisabilityBugsLearning Disability Author:Randy Wayne
“Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.” WayDifferentCoursesDiseasePregnancyCoveredDisabilityTypicalConfined Author:William Rehnquist