Stevie Wonder Quotes

I know that there'll be a continuation of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.

Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us

America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.

I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

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.

Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens.

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.

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.

I am so excited that society is taking so much interest in the disability sector and our belief in inclusion is getting so much media coverage.

I'm a huge advocate for individuals with disabilities.

My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.

People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment.

We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. ... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities.

Disability can be no handicap.

There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.

Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.

In my own home, where I've been able to create an environment that works for me, I'm hardly disabled at all. I still have an impairment, and there are obviously some very restrictive things about that, but the impact of disability is less.

History shows that the more open the intellectual environment, the better minorities will do.