“I kissed him that night. He called things off a few weeks later because he said I deserved so much better — a typical line, I suppose, from the kind of guy who tries but ultimately can’t move forward.”— Alexandra Capellini, nytimes.com
“I love that I was able to give people a place to be the version of themselves they had always hoped they could be.”— Keah Brown, zora.medium.com
“Nondisabled people often treat us like children who are just learning the basics. We are spoken to slowly in schools, gawked and laughed at in public, and stripped of our rights and autonomy in Congress.”— Keah Brown, bitchmedia.org
“I wasn’t raised with entitlement, even the kind of entitlement that I probably should have been taught.”— Stevie Boebi, lamag.com
“I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory, and wouldn't you know it, the army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough.”— John Hughes, Cousin Eddie, Randy Quaid, imdb.com
“The argument against plastic bags and straws is fine, I get it. But in these arguments, disabled people are being erased, ignored, or talked over. Many of us need plastic straws because the alternatives don’t work. As for plastic bags, they’re easier for my right hand to grip. I know the problems th…”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“It really is a blow to the self esteem when most people say they’d never date you because you’re disabled. I spent years hating myself for this very reason. I love myself now but I get lonely and sad when I think about how many people in the world think I’m not dating material.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I bought my son a trampoline for his birthday, and he hasn't even used it. He just sits and cries in his wheelchair.”— 9tnine99, reddit.com
“Don't stay preoccupied with your body or your illness. Recognize that your body is not your total self, only part of it.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“Accept yourself your physical condition and your fate as they are at the present moment.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com