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 MULLINSThere’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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