Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
AIMEE MULLINSIf 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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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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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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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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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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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