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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.
For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.
I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.