Occupation: Comedian Birth: November 17, 1984
We did a book signing and people came up to me. There was an expectant mother who was like, "I think we might name our child Zach because of your wor….
What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people..
The most important thing is to have the conversation, and let people who do make mistakes feel comfortable enough to continue the conversation..
We'd done a couple of road trips with my big chair, and it was such a hassle if we didn't have the van with the foldout ramp. I figured: There's got ….
CP is a struggle, but it's also been quite the tool for me to find success and deliver a message. It's something about me that's unique, so it'll ope….
The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em..
I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 29, and I thought it was because I'm in a wheelchair. And I realized that it's not that, it's because I listen….
Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to..
I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability." Does that automatical….
I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an im….
Technically I can get out of my wheelchair and crawl around and do things, but when I've traveled and they've lost my wheelchair in transit, I feel l….
When I read the script [of Glee], the whole premise was that all the high school kids were being cruel to this kid in the wheelchair, and then the qu….
Even if you have an ADA room, every disability is so different that people need different things. A lot of times they'll put something on the toilet ….
I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George ….
I feel a lot of personal responsibility to undo the negative stereotypes. I know that it's not coming from a bad place. It's coming from an ignorant ….
You may not have a physical impairment, but you have things, whether it's finances, self-esteem, it doesn't matter. It's cut from the same cloth..
You want the world to be set up for you, but sometimes it just isn't..
Writing was not my medium. I preferred to do video..
No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional..
There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to di….
You can never walk a mile in someone elses shoes, but you can walk a mile in your own and be proud of it..