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.
AIMEE MULLINSIf left to their own devices a child will achieve.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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 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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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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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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 I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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