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.
AIMEE MULLINSAnd certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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 hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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 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 would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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 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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