I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
AIMEE MULLINSThe Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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