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I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work.

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.

These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than 'able-bodied' folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow.

The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an employer who's going to be cool about employing someone with a disability in a job you actually want to do.

I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week, then they couldn't get their government assistance.

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

We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.

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

Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.

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