Wolfgang Schauble Quotes

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.

I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

I am not the paraplegic seated permanently in his chair or the able-bodied person on her feet. Identity for a hemiplegic is a shifty thing.

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses.

As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

Why do we let blind people and people in wheelchairs become citizens? I feel sorry for cripples, but that doesn't mean I want them in my country.

The ADA gave more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, just like my son Cole, the chance to live the American Dream and be defined only by their potential - not their limitations.

A lot of the time, when people meet someone in a wheelchair, or with some disability, it's the first thing they notice, but they don't know how to react.

People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.

I've always found people with physical disabilities interesting to watch: how the dynamics of their body work, what makes them move this way or that.

A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities.

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. I don't speak for such huge and diverse groups. What I've tried to do, what I've been fortunate to do, is to live my live and create my life as I've wanted to create it.

I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than medical approach to disability, and so long Latin names for congenital conditions are not relevant.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of alcoholism, drugs, or things of that nature, I do not think those conditions qualify someone to be called disabled. I think those conditions result from personal decisions.

A week before shooting, they told me, You don't have the part, yet. We're still trying to find a handicapped kid who can act. Either that or we break your legs.

You can really do amazing things in a wheelchair. It's very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, but you can even go up and down stairs in a wheelchair.

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong.