Welcome to Handicapped Quotes, a collection of poignant and empowering words that shed light on the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of individuals living with disabilities. In a world where society often overlooks or underestimates the capabilities of those with disabilities, these quotes serve as a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience, and unique perspectives that individuals with disabilities bring to the table.
From renowned advocates and activists to everyday individuals sharing their personal journeys, the quotes featured on this page encapsulate the diverse range of voices within the disability community. They offer insight into the struggles of navigating a world not always designed with accessibility in mind, as well as the profound moments of empowerment and self-discovery that come with embracing one’s identity and abilities.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration, education, or simply a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of people with disabilities, you’ll find a wealth of wisdom and insight within these quotes. Join us as we explore the rich tapestry of perspectives and narratives that make up the disability community.
I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’ I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’ Aimee Mullins
One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents’ attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours. Alex Kingston
Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private… and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind. DeForest Soaries
To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way. Angela Merkel
I don’t even know why, but I’ve just always done it – I don’t walk on handicapped parking spaces. I don’t like to step on the blue lines. I always step over them. I don’t know what the deal is. I don’t know if it’s a fear of injury, or a disrespectful thing, or if I just don’t want to think about something like that happening. Chantal Sutherland
Every retarded, deformed, crippled, handicapped, or senile person, who has been baptized, is a powerhouse for good in a wicked world by reason of the grace of God that dwells in his soul. Mother Angelica
I beat the bullies up. I got suspended a lot for beating up kids in our schools that were bullying other, sometimes mentally handicapped kids. Cody Garbrandt
Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species. Frans de Waal
With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there’s no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. Jason Whitlock
Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals. Gordon W. Allport
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who’s handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator. Rand Paul
My effort in the whole thing was the basic determination, the burning desire in me to prove to this world that a physically handicapped girl is in no way inferior. Sudha Chandran
I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied, you should be working. Alphonso Jackson
Ever since I was quite young, I was in St. John’s Ambulance or the Red Cross; latterly, I’ve been involved in voluntary work with the mentally handicapped and Abbeyfield Old People’s Homes. Nicholas Winton
What’s worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50? Teri Garr
My legs are heavy. They hurt me. I’m in pain So to all the handicap police out there, just be kind. You don’t need to know why someone’s parked in handicapped – and yeah, just be kind. Jessica Long
India’s future has to be built on the foundation of social protection of the economically and socially handicapped sections. M. S. Swaminathan
You don’t argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn’t eat candy for dinner. You don’t punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don’t argue when a women tells you she’s only making 80 cents to your dollar. It’s the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. Scott Adams
I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said ‘Deformed Man’s Toilet,’ that kind of thing. David Henry Hwang
I don’t want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music. Edgard Varese
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard
Through more error than trial, I learnt early on as an employer what qualities I wanted and, more importantly didn’t want, from a PA. I said thanks but no thanks to anyone who thought it would be rewarding, fulfilling and even humbling to ‘help the handicapped.’ Liz Carr
I think what we do best, in the artistic world, are the things where we’re handicapped. Charlotte Rampling
It’s been a long road. A humble Dearborn beginning. Secretary mom, dad teaching handicapped children. Working for what they had. Eventually, I moved to L.A. but, not good for me, I felt rejected. So I stopped acting and, needing to feel good inside, became a chef. David Burtka
No one has advanced the argument that all-male fighting forces have been handicapped in their war-making abilities over the millennia because they did not include women in their ranks. Heather Mac Donald
We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you’re handicapped in your mind, society doesn’t handle those situations well. I think we don’t recognize or acknowledge the power of messages and how deeply affected we all are by the messages we receive from the media. Aloe Blacc
They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can lead a happy life in a wheelchair. I know I’ve helped handicapped people, because I’ve received many comments. Anna Lee
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert H. Humphrey
How come women are treated differently from men all the time? Not only handicapped people, but women – and handicapped women, forget it! Teri Garr
I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was – because I had graphic instances of it – handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, ‘I don’t want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie’ – and this was compounded by X-Men as well. Patrick Stewart
We aren’t handicapped in any way except by what other people think. Focus on people’s abilities. I can’t be on ‘American Idol,’ but there’s all kinds of stuff I can do. Marlee Matlin
I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all. Aimee Mullins
After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped. Kenzaburo Oe
I feel that, particularly because of language, we are handicapped in getting a large world audience. But Hindi cinema has the same ingredients that appeal to the whole world. Amitabh Bachchan
I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory. Leslie Fiedler
Sometimes a mother finds in her midst a handicapped child, one child who is abnormal mentally or physically. Then, a whole new set of baffling difficulties presents themselves, and then fervently she prays and how diligently she searches every avenue to find an answer to that child’s problems. Rose Kennedy
I want to ideate with people and come up with something through which I can rehabilitate people who are handicapped in some way and integrate them with people into mainstream. That’s the bigger plan! Manini Mishra
Let’s face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers. Jack Black
Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. Scott Adams
The difference in my body from pre-pregnancy to post-baby was night and day. I didn’t have the strength, I didn’t have the flexibility, I didn’t have the stamina, I didn’t have the mobility. I felt like I was handicapped. Evangeline Lilly
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man’s advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all. Betty Friedan
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. William Dunbar
A week before shooting, they told me, You don’t have the part, yet. We’re still trying to find a handicapped kid who can act. Either that or we break your legs. Kieran Culkin
Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic. Andy Dick
I really hate having to put ‘female’ in front of any title, because it puts us in some kind of weird category for handicapped people or something. Reed Morano
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. Henri Nouwen
I was never bullied as a kid, and I didn’t know that I was going to be bullied by adults because I park in handicapped. And I get it – I’m young and athletic – but I’m also missing legs. Jessica Long
My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility. Kelly Reilly
I had a horrifying experience but what the world fails to understand is that the handicapped need no sympathy, they need to be encouraged in whatever they do. Sudha Chandran
I understand I’m supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I’m not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you’re handicapped if you’re a woman… people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar. Kesha
