“The worst thing about a disability is that people see it before they see you.” – Easter Seals
“The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.” – Warwick Davis
“Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor’s monuments and statues are when a young person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.” – Bill Shorten
“The severity of one’s disability does not determine their level of potential. the greatest barriers that persons with disabilities have to over come are not steps or curbs, it’s expectations.” ~ Karen Clay
“We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Being unconscious is the ultimate disability.” – Jessa Gamble
(and my fav)
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.” –Stevie Wonder
What would you add to this list?
Liji Thomas 
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