I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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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.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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