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I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.

Disability has become a form of permanent welfare for a lot of folks. It's not that hard to prove a mental illness or mental issues or pain issues.