"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not"
- Annette Funicello
About this Quote
This quote by Annette Funicello speaks with the power of meaning in comprehending impairment. For her, the wheelchair is a powerful symbol of impairment, one that conveys a greater sense of the challenges and has a hard time faced by those with disabilities than a walking stick does. The wheelchair is a visible suggestion of the physical restrictions of disability, and the need for help and assistance. It is a pointer of the need for higher ease of access and understanding of the needs of those with impairments. Funicello's quote speaks to the value of recognizing the power of signs in comprehending disability, and the need to develop a more inclusive and understanding society for those with impairments.
This quote is written / told by Annette Funicello somewhere between October 22, 1942 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA.
The author also have 30 other quotes.
"I played a paraplegic on a show called 'Neighbours.' Just turned up on set, sat in a wheelchair. The producer came up to me one day and said, 'We have to cut around that entire scene because your leg was moving.'"
"The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know"
"There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I live out in the sticks anyway, and plus being in a wheelchair means that I can't really circulate. So I tend to stick to my own thing"
"There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others"
"If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again"
"It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic"
"Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair"
"They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can lead a happy life in a wheelchair. I know I've helped handicapped people, because I've received many comments"
