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Obviously, she’s a living, breathing example that just because you have a limb difference doesn’t mean you have to be inhibited or ‘disabled,’ she wasn’t always comfortable with her limb difference, entered a modelling industry where you are assessed based on how you look, and then pushed herself out of her comfort zone, and is now sharing her experiences and inspiring others to get out of their comfort zone as well. – Molly Stapelman	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
But on a serious note, this operation is aimed at restoring independence of severely disabled people. Once I get it back I’ll see what the life of a healthier person looks like. – Valery Spiridonov	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
You are not the arbitrator of my disability ; you don’t get to decide if I ’m disabled or not. – Isiah James	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Their definition of 'verified' is they look at a piece of paper that Peckham has signed saying, 'We are in compliance ... these people are severely disabled.' And that, to me, is not verification. – Mary Joan Willard	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It gives me ... a sense of being worthwhile, a sense of being able to contribute to things, a sense of being able to help others, i get up just like everybody else in the morning. And I go to work, too. I'm not disabled. That's why I say it's the cure for me. – Randall Love	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I tell my kids this all the time -- that you always must do the right thing, doing the right thing ... doesn't mean that you put 16 disabled people out of work. Doing the right thing also means ... that you don't replace them with people who don't have disabilities. – Randall Love	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I get up just like everybody else in the morning. And I go to work, too. I'm not disabled. That's why I say it's the cure for me. – Randall Love	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Nowhere in the act, however, does it offer combat benefits for service members permanently disabled in attacks inspired or motivated by foreign terrorist organizations. Although subsequent and guidance may change, currently, the Board has no authority to award V1/V3 (service related) designation to soldiers disabled during the Fort Hood attack. – Shawn Manning	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
So much of the healing happens through camaraderie— through team and friendships, our belief is really that helping and healing disabled veterans is not a one-time event. We are mentors, healers and friends on their journey. – Daniel Morgan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Our belief is really that helping and healing disabled veterans is not a one-time event. We are mentors, healers and friends on their journey. – Daniel Morgan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's about his values and his priorities and best I can tell since he left office, and maybe before, that was get rich, the only thing they cared about was profit and if that meant that they had to fight some blind and disabled people they were willing to do it. – Ben Ray	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This study shows that even among those who survive their care in the ICU, rates of disability are very high in the following year, older patients and their families need to be prepared for the likelihood that they will be considerably more disabled after an ICU stay. – Kenneth Covinsky	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am one of the victims, right now I am disabled. – Sarah Monopoloh	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It would be extremely difficult to run a salt farm without disabled people, normal people wouldn't work at salt farms even if we begged them. – Park Jong-won	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's like a game of hide-and-seek, what we are finding is just the tip of the iceberg. It's hard to comprehend how bad it is for the disabled people who are forced to work out on these isolated islands. – Park Su-in	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If you consider the obese disabled, all of a sudden it triggers certain protections for employees. – Jacob Sand	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a really big deal for disabled Americans across the country. – Mark Meuser	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt. – Jesse Louis Jackson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Obviously, she’s a living, breathing example that just because you have a limb difference doesn’t mean you have to be inhibited or ‘disabled,’ she wasn’t always comfortable with her limb difference, entered a modelling industry where you are assessed based on how you look, and then pushed herself out of her comfort zone, and is now sharing her experiences and inspiring others to get out of their comfort zone as well.

– Molly Stapelman

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

But on a serious note, this operation is aimed at restoring independence of severely disabled people. Once I get it back I’ll see what the life of a healthier person looks like.

– Valery Spiridonov

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

You are not the arbitrator of my disability ; you don’t get to decide if I ’m disabled or not.

– Isiah James

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Their definition of 'verified' is they look at a piece of paper that Peckham has signed saying, 'We are in compliance ... these people are severely disabled.' And that, to me, is not verification.

– Mary Joan Willard

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It gives me ... a sense of being worthwhile, a sense of being able to contribute to things, a sense of being able to help others, i get up just like everybody else in the morning. And I go to work, too. I'm not disabled. That's why I say it's the cure for me.

– Randall Love

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I tell my kids this all the time -- that you always must do the right thing, doing the right thing ... doesn't mean that you put 16 disabled people out of work. Doing the right thing also means ... that you don't replace them with people who don't have disabilities.

– Randall Love

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I get up just like everybody else in the morning. And I go to work, too. I'm not disabled. That's why I say it's the cure for me.

– Randall Love

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Nowhere in the act, however, does it offer combat benefits for service members permanently disabled in attacks inspired or motivated by foreign terrorist organizations. Although subsequent and guidance may change, currently, the Board has no authority to award V1/V3 (service related) designation to soldiers disabled during the Fort Hood attack.

– Shawn Manning

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

So much of the healing happens through camaraderie— through team and friendships, our belief is really that helping and healing disabled veterans is not a one-time event. We are mentors, healers and friends on their journey.

– Daniel Morgan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Our belief is really that helping and healing disabled veterans is not a one-time event. We are mentors, healers and friends on their journey.

– Daniel Morgan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's about his values and his priorities and best I can tell since he left office, and maybe before, that was get rich, the only thing they cared about was profit and if that meant that they had to fight some blind and disabled people they were willing to do it.

– Ben Ray

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This study shows that even among those who survive their care in the ICU, rates of disability are very high in the following year, older patients and their families need to be prepared for the likelihood that they will be considerably more disabled after an ICU stay.

– Kenneth Covinsky

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am one of the victims, right now I am disabled.

– Sarah Monopoloh

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It would be extremely difficult to run a salt farm without disabled people, normal people wouldn't work at salt farms even if we begged them.

– Park Jong-won

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's like a game of hide-and-seek, what we are finding is just the tip of the iceberg. It's hard to comprehend how bad it is for the disabled people who are forced to work out on these isolated islands.

– Park Su-in

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If you consider the obese disabled, all of a sudden it triggers certain protections for employees.

– Jacob Sand

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a really big deal for disabled Americans across the country.

– Mark Meuser

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

– Jesse Louis Jackson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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