For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire.
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.
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand.
I have always felt like a loved, valued and equal member of my family.
People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.
I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.
People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and they hear a word you're not allowed to say anymore.
By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.
