94+ Motivational Disabilities Awareness Slogans & Quotes

There are many quotes, taglines, captions and slogans available on Disability awareness & International Day of Persons with Disabilities online. I have shortlisted a few good awareness slogans and quotes to save your time and energy. Here they are!

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Slogans & Quotes

Inspirational Disability Awareness Slogans, Taglines & Captions | International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Ability, not disability
Everyone deserves a chance
Accessibility for all. Promoting a world without barriers
Accessibility matters
Empower, include, thrive
Accessible spaces, inclusive places
Accessible today, inclusive tomorrow
Beyond limitations, beyond labels
Celebrating abilities
Break the stigma, break the silence, speak up for inclusion
Breaking barriers, building inclusion
Celebrate differences, embrace abilities
Different, not less
Disability is not inability
Empower, include, inspire
Inclusion starts with accessibility
Diverse abilities, one world
See the person, not the disability
Together we thrive
Believe you can and you’re halfway there
Disability Isn’t Contagious, Ignorance Is!
Disabled and Proud
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible

Popular Quotes on Disability Awareness

“Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.” — Itzhak Perlman
“Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.” — Emma Thompson
“People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world, and we are the most underrepresented in entertainment.” — Maysoon Zayid
“Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of” — Morgan Freeman
“Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us” — Jean Vanier
“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” — Hubert H. Humphrey
“People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can’t do.” — Karni Liddell
“Disability is an art – an ingenious way to live.” — Neil Marcus
“Know me for my abilities, not my disability.” — Robert M. Hensel
“Accessible design is good design – it benefits people who don’t have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all about removing barriers and providing the benefits of technology for everyone.” — Steve Ballmer
“The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.” — Warwick Davis
“Whether you’re gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin’s a different color, it’s absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.” — Carson Kressley

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“Disability is a characteristic like hair color; it’s not a defining principle.” — Jean Driscoll
“Throughout history people with disabilities have been institutionalized and segregated, which tends to make you think that it’s a group in need of charity. It’s not about charity, it’s about empowerment.” — Jay Ruderman

Motivational Quotes for Persons with Disabilities

“Your disability is your opportunity.” — Kurt Hahn
“If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?” — Nick Vujicic
“In life you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter.” — Nick Vujicic
“… for every disability you have, you are blessed with more than enough abilities to overcome your challenges.” — Nick Vujicic
“Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do.” — Jeanne Phillips
“Its not our disabilities, its our abilities that count.” — Chris Burke
“We all have abilities. I don’t want to be recognized for my disability; I want to be recognized for my ability.” — Kelly Knox
“My brother was told that he wouldn’t walk, that he wouldn’t be able to play drums, that he wouldn’t be able to race a car – and he’s done all those things. He’s defied the odds, defied disability. I look at him and I’m so inspired, by his mentality and by how incredible the body and the mind are. There’s really nothing you can’t do. My brother has proved that.” — Lewis Hamilton
“If the world thinks you’re not good enough, it’s a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.” — Nick Vujicic
“You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.” — Oscar Pistorius
“I don’t have a dis-ability, I have a different-ability.” — Robert M. Hensel
“When everyone else says you can’t, determination says,’YES YOU CAN.'” — Robert M. Hensel

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“Disability need not be an obstacle to success.” — Stephen Hawking
“If you keep harping on a disability, then you’ll start believing there is one. So, I don’t.” — Jim Abbott
“Don’t call us people with disabilities… we have DIFFabilities!” — Edward Barbanell
“Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.” — David Brenner
“If you’re an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don’t fit in, if you’re not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.” — Steve Guttenberg
“Being born with a disability, can sometimes be a struggle, but it is the ability to overcome such a challenge, that makes it so worth the fight. NEVER GIVE UP!!!” — Robert M. Hensel
“As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us.” — Robert M. Hensel
“Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.” — Martina Navratilova
“It’s not the disability that defines you; it’s how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.” — Jim Abbott
“Placing one foot in front of the other, I’ve climbed to higher lengths. Reaching beyond my own limitations, to show my inner strength. No obstacle too hard, for this warrior to overcome. I’m just a man on a mission, to prove my disability hasn’t won.” — Robert M. Hensel
“For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.” — Mark Haddon

Wise Quotes on Disability

“Disability is the inability to see ability.” — Vikas Khanna
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” — Scott Hamilton
“The only true disability is a crushed spirit” — Aimee Mullins
“Everyone, regardless of ability or disability, has strengths and weaknesses. Know what yours are. Build on your strengths and find a way around your weaknesses.” — Brad Cohen
“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.” — Teri Garr
“We all have disabilities. Just some are more visible than others. We all have challenges, we all have obstacles” — Amy Purdy
“Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs.” — Nick Vujicic
“Every disability is imagined. Every achievement is an experience.” — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
“Some people have a negative attitude, and that’s their disability.” — Marla Runyan
“No disability or dictionary out there, is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person.” — Robert M. Hensel
“There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.” — Robert M. Hensel

Emotional Experiences and Quotes on Disability

“My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.” — Robert M. Hensel
“I have a Disability. Yes, that’s true, but all that really means is I may have to take a slightly different path than you.” — Robert M. Hensel
“Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.” — Bob Dole
“People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.” — Aimee Mullins
“We, the one’s who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person who has, and will continue to bloom. To be seen not only as a handicap, but as a well intact human being.” — Robert M. Hensel
“It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.” — Susan Hampshire
“It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven’t done badly. People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” — Stephen Hawking
“It’s hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.” — Patricia Heaton
“I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.” — Bethany Hamilton

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“You become funny for a reason. I became an actor because that’s who I was, nothing else – it was the only thing I was good at. You become a clown and you make people laugh because a) it protects you from everything, and b) it’s this validating force in your life. And when you’re 12 and 13 years old, you need validation and you’re lost and you’re kind of floating and you suffer from a severe learning disability and you’re overweight and you have glasses… you become funny for a reason.” — Matthew Lillard
“What a relief it was to discover that I wasnt realy an idiot! I simply had a learning disability.” — John H. Johnson
“I think when you have a disability people are always putting limitations on you, telling you, even in a nice way, what you can’t do. My attitude to that has always been: You can’t tell me that. I’ll show you.” — Louise Sauvage
“I’ve had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It’s sad and it really hurts. I want to tell people not to use the word. Don’t say your friend’s retarded when they do something foolish. If you have a disability, keep working hard. Whatever it takes, do it, and don’t be mean to people.” — Lauren Potter
“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.” — Oscar Pistorius
“My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible.” — Stella Young
“Sometimes I wonder if I’m as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.” — Stephen Hawking

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“We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning.” — Stella Young
“….What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.” — Joey Reiman
“I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes.” — Oscar Pistorius
“When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn’t need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.” — Amy Purdy
“Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making assumptions.” — Mallory Ortberg
“When I grew up in Tanzania, I went to school with kids who were blind and deaf, and we were all in one class. There wasn’t a different class or teacher for them, so they didn’t learn anything. I’m hoping to organize a school to train teachers to help children with disabilities. It’s my future goal. I want to move back to Tanzania and do that eventually.” — Herieth Paul

List of Disabilities Related Awareness days observed worldwide

Date	Day
4 January	World Braille Day
March-Full Month	National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March-Full Month	Trisomy Awareness Month
March-Full Month	Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
21 March	World Down Syndrome Day
April-Full Month	National Autism Awareness Month
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day
May-Full Month	Better Hearing and Speech Month
Second Saturday in May	Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
June-Full Month	National Aphasia Awareness Month
Last week in June	Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
18 June	Autistic Pride Day
September-Full Month	Colour Blind Awareness Month
6 September	Colour Blindness Awareness Day
Last full week in September	International Week of the Deaf
October-Full Month	National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
6 October	World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Day
15 October	White Cane Safety Day
22 October	International Stuttering /Stammering Awareness Day
24 October	World Polio Day
3 December	International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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