When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes u…

- Jay Ruderman

Throughout history people with disabilities have been institutionalized and segregated, which tends to make you think that it's a group in need of ch…

- Jay Ruderman

Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay and lesbian communit…

- Jay Ruderman

People are starting to realize that the disability community has been disenfranchised and deserves to have its rights recognized, which I see as a po…

- Jay Ruderman

As people live longer, disability becomes more of an issue. And there seems to be more children born with a disability. I don't know if it's true, or…

- Jay Ruderman