I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSWhen I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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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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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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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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There’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.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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