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I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious.

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

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.

When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter.

I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.

I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.

I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.