For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child.

We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.

The only true disability is a crushed spirit

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.

I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' And I'm certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.