Eileen Grubba
“Excluding people from society, expecting them to live silently in the shadows and in poverty, we cut off a major life force that could infuse great insight and ingenuity into our lives.”
Iman
“Models of colour on the runway is important to the self-esteem of our young girls. To see otherwise makes them feel like they can be in or out.”
Sylvia MacGegor of ‘LoveDisfigure’ .. centre back row
“Don’t allow the way you look stop you from achieving. It’s never too late to achieve your dreams and helping others achieve theirs.”
Melissa Johns
“I am an individual that has a different body shape from the ‘norm’ and I have the right to be raw, sexy, intimate and real.”
Angel Sinclair – founder of ‘Models of Diversity’
“Where are the models of colour? The larger models? The shorter models? The models with a disability? The older models?”
Christie Brinkley
“Diversity is great. Necessary in all areas of life and work and community and in representing beauty so everybody can feel included.”
Leslie Birkland
“Perceiving beauty starts with the heart and not the eyes.”
Michelle Gayle
“Never give up.”
The late Professor Stephen Hawking
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”
Hubert Humphrey
“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.”
Martina Navratilova
“Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.”
Helen Keller
“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.”
Jourdan Dunn
Go for it, get guidance, ask for advice, work hard, but learn to question something when you are feeling uncomfortable. Don’t be afraid to be you. Work on being the best version of you.”
The ‘Disability Talk’ #ALLin Movement
We believe in the ‘social model of diversity’ which states that a disability is caused by the way society is organised rather than a person’s impairment or difference.
To become an #Allin Ambassador simply email: chris@disabilitytalk.co.uk and we’ll forward you your certificate. Help us become 1 million strong with a voice that roars, shouts and is listened to. Our aim is to make the world a better place for disabled people.
THE MORE WE ARE – THE STRONGER WE’LL BE!