I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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