I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
AIMEE MULLINSAnd certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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If 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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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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 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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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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