Disabled Community Quotes

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Hannah Witton
“There’s a model of understanding the disabled community uses that I think can also be applied to other situations, including this one. It’s called the Social Model of Disability, and it states that it is not a person’s condition that disables them, but rather society through inaccessibility and stigma. So it is not PCOS that makes someone less of a woman, it’s society’s definition of ‘woman’ that might make someone feel that way.”
Hannah Witton, The Hormone Diaries: The Bloody Truth About Our Periods

Abhijit Naskar
“Handicapped is not the one with a crippled body, Handicapped is the one with a crippled heart.”
Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

Marc Levy
“- Jag har en kusin som också sitter i rullstol.
- Jaha.
- Motorcykelolycka.
Chloe undrade ofta varför vissa människor kände sig manade att berätta sådana saker för henne. Som om det faktum att de själva hade en vän eller en släkting med ett handikapp skapade en självklar samhörighet.”
Marc Levy, Une fille comme elle