#disabilities

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#anxiety #conviction #disabilities #due #education

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. ↗

— Major Owens

#because #best #civil #civil rights #clear

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. ↗

— Major Owens

#community #country #credit #dart #disabilities

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking. ↗

— Major Owens

#any #away #disabilities #get #keeping

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#disabilities #dyslexia #eighth #eighth grade #fast

They told me that the hotels had maybe two rooms set up for people with disabilities, but if they got there too late, and didn't get one of these rooms, they couldn't take a shower. The room wasn't hooked up for them, or maybe the sink was too high. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#get #got #had #high #hooked

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place. ↗

— Chuck Close

#controlled #disabilities #drove #faces #fact

Learning to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop a [very] good memory. ↗

— Ray Charles

#music #music

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#assumed #disabilities #education #had #help

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives. ↗

— Anne Ford

#children #cured #disabilities #go #happy