Anna Lee Quotes

I have understood by observing blind people that they are very confident. They don't see themselves as suffering from a disability.

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've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.

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 don't want anyone to feel they can't achieve their ambitions if they are dyslexic.

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.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.

People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.

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

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.

Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

I hope that when people with Down's see me, they will be inspired to do more than they think they can.

I have immense respect for anyone with a physical deformity and the courage and confidence it takes just to go out in the world.

Disability should not be considered a hindrance to achieving one's goals.

There's not a lot of creativity when you're dealing with a disability, there's not a lot of freedom and spontaneity.

Ugly Betty' has definitely helped me cope with issues I would have never been able to cope with if I wasn't a part of a show that has such unique characters.

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

People couldn't understand why my mama would have this blind kid out doing things like cutting wood for the fire. But her thing was: He may be blind, but he ain't stupid.

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

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.