I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
AIMEE MULLINSGiving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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 hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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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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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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