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Chaeli Mycroft Quotes

born 1994 South Africa

Michaela "Chaeli" Mycroft (born 30 August 1994) is a South African ability activist with cerebral palsy who won the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. The medal was presented to her by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire.

South Africa
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Through teamwork, you can accomplish anything.

I think people underestimate the power of a chair to empower people to be their full selves.

Sometimes you have to be persistent and people get onboard.

We have to be open to the opportunities that life offers us.

Strength is not a solo mission.

People always think that you always need to be this selfless person in order to make a difference. And I think that we actually need to acknowledge that sometimes things start off selfishly and they grow into these beautiful things that you can share with other people.

I've always been raised to see my disability not as a barrier, but as an opportunity to do things differently and to educate people about how they can also do things differently if they want to.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chaeli Mycroft (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.