"Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does."
"In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death."
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Source: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much. TED conference, www.ted.com. April 2014.
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