Disability Employment Quotes

I was introduced to 7 Charming Sisters at an Emmy Award Show event. When they approached me to become a brand ambassador, I was over the moon about working with the brand. What impressed me even more as a disability advocate is the fact that the company is dedicated to employing people with disabilities.

I work with amazing organisations: I work with I'm A Performer With Disability, and I work with a clinic which tries to get opportunities for people with disabilities to work in the film and TV industry, and we're making strides, and they're making strides.

The significant disparity in work opportunities for people with disabilities is the direct result of government programs and policies that propagate dependency.

The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let 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.

It's just as well I can sing as I couldn't do a factory job with all these physical limitations.

What ever happened to freak shows? Back in the twenties when elephant man was born at least he had a job waiting for him.

We need employers to have an open mind about people with mental illness, and be willing to employ people, with the right support.

The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be cool about employing someone with a disability in a job you actually want to do.

I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.

You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative obligation is that producers must take the necessary steps to include opportunities for people with disabilities and a vast majority of them do.

Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers.