Jay Ruderman quotes
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“When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes up. We're all connected.”
-- Jay RudermanSource : Source: abilitymagazine.com
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“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.”
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“As people live longer, disability becomes more of an issue. And there seems to be more children born with a disability. I don't know if it's true, or if we're just better at diagnosing certain disabilities than in the past.”
-- Jay RudermanSource : Source: abilitymagazine.com
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“Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay and lesbian community has become much more mainstream in society. I would venture to say it's in part because people began to feel more comfortable when they saw that group on TV.”
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“People are starting to realize that the disability community has been disenfranchised and deserves to have its rights recognized, which I see as a positive trend. I don't think it'll be a quick process, but I see more attention being given to it.”
-- Jay Ruderman
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Source : A. E. Waite (2012). “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot”, p.208, Courier Corporation
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“I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.”
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“Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason”