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I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

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

We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of the 'right' reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.

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

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

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

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

People with disabilities are simply part of diverse communities in the U.S.

We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled people in our daily lives.

People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.