I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me to advise him on things that are important to people with disabilities!
A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities.
I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don't.
The most important thing I've come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God's blessing to the World.
There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.
The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.
Back in those days, a parent looked at the disability and didn't see the ability. 'Life Goes On' showed that people with a disability can be included. Just give them a chance and let them learn. That's what the show was trying to teach.
People with disabilities are capable and deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.
Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who a person is.
Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.
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.
I enjoy supporting projects involving disadvantaged young people and people with disabilities.
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
